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Kardecism: the fringe spiritualist doctrine which became the soul of pseudoscience in Brazil
Natália Pasternak and Carlos Orsi
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15th January 2021
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Kardecism - an 19th century off-shoot of spiritualism - found fertile ground in Brazil, and grew to wholly undermine trust in science and medicine.
Alternative Medicine
The Outbrain drain: why newspaper sites have run thousands of scam ads
Michael Marshall
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4th January 2021
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The news media is in an income crisis, but the solution cannot be for newspapers to lend their reputations to scams and fakers
Alternative Medicine
Brazilian Congress turns green – not for the environment, but for homeopathy
Natália Pasternak and Carlos Orsi
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9th December 2020
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Brazil continues to make baffling healthcare decisions, including lighting up the Brazilian congress buildings... in honour of homeopathy
Alternative Medicine
Beyond COVID-19: the issues skeptical activists across Europe are facing
Claire Klingenberg
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30th November 2020
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COVID-19 is understandably getting all the headlines, but there are plenty more fronts in the pan-European battle against pseudoscience.
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Is community testing the answer to managing the COVID-19 pandemic effectively?
Alice Howarth
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25th January 2021
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Understanding the accuracy of PCR and Lateral Flow tests - and how they compare - is key in assessing the UK's community testing program
Health
Well-designed patient outreach can help tackle misinformation where it does the most harm
Galina Limorenko
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22nd January 2021
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Engaging directly and openly with patients can have a lasting effect - for both the patients and the scientists trying to help them.
Covid-19
Pandemic prediction problems: meet the psychics who claim to have predicted COVID-19
Brian Eggo
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21st January 2021
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Psychics and astrologers now claim to have successfully predicted the pandemic, here's what their 2020 predictions actually said
Covid-19
What does Covid-safe dentistry look like?
Shaun Sellars
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19th January 2021
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Dentists are quite literally in the firing line when it comes to COVID-19, but we're taking every precaution possible to treat patients safely.
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Pandemic prediction problems: meet the psychics who claim to have predicted COVID-19
Brian Eggo
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21st January 2021
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Psychics and astrologers now claim to have successfully predicted the pandemic, here's what their 2020 predictions actually said
Alternative Medicine
Kardecism: the fringe spiritualist doctrine which became the soul of pseudoscience in Brazil
Natália Pasternak and Carlos Orsi
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15th January 2021
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Kardecism - an 19th century off-shoot of spiritualism - found fertile ground in Brazil, and grew to wholly undermine trust in science and medicine.
Ghosts
Have we seen the last of the vanishing phantom hitchhiker?
Deborah Hyde
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13th January 2021
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Familiarity and caution may have killed off the story of the phantom hitchhiker, but our draw towards creepy tales will always find an outlet.
UFOs
Is the US government in contact with an alien “galactic federation”?
Chris French
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11th January 2021
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Haim Eshed, former head of Israel’s Defense Ministry, claims aliens are working with the US government. I'd like to see some evidence.
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Qanon’s references to ‘Adrenochome’ echo old, anti-Semitic Blood Libel myths
Thiago Vahia Malliagros
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20th January 2021
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Adrenochrome has become a central part of the Qanon theory, despite 'Q' never mentioning it; its history is long, and deeply anti-Semitic.
Conspiracy Theories
David Icke’s 2018 tour sowed the seeds for a return to the conspiracy mainstream
Michael Marshall
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18th January 2021
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David Icke's 2018 tour sanitised some of his more outré claims and played to the free speech gallery, readying his return to the mainstream.
Conspiracy Theories
Meet the conspiracy theorists who believe Covid isn’t real… because viruses don’t exist
Frank Visser
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14th January 2021
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In the world of the virus deniers, not only is the novel coronavirus fake, but viruses themselves don't actually exist.
Conspiracy Theories
Cheap talk skepticism: why we need to push back against those who are ‘just asking questions’
Aaron Rabinowitz
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8th January 2021
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'Cheap talk' skepticism - coming at little cost to the doubter, but significant cost to others - is undermining genuine skeptical inquiry.
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Qanon’s references to ‘Adrenochome’ echo old, anti-Semitic Blood Libel myths
Thiago Vahia Malliagros
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20th January 2021
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Adrenochrome has become a central part of the Qanon theory, despite 'Q' never mentioning it; its history is long, and deeply anti-Semitic.
Alternative Medicine
Kardecism: the fringe spiritualist doctrine which became the soul of pseudoscience in Brazil
Natália Pasternak and Carlos Orsi
-
15th January 2021
0
Kardecism - an 19th century off-shoot of spiritualism - found fertile ground in Brazil, and grew to wholly undermine trust in science and medicine.
Conspiracy Theories
Cheap talk skepticism: why we need to push back against those who are ‘just asking questions’
Aaron Rabinowitz
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8th January 2021
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'Cheap talk' skepticism - coming at little cost to the doubter, but significant cost to others - is undermining genuine skeptical inquiry.
Alternative Medicine
The Outbrain drain: why newspaper sites have run thousands of scam ads
Michael Marshall
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4th January 2021
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The news media is in an income crisis, but the solution cannot be for newspapers to lend their reputations to scams and fakers
Science
Covid-19
Is community testing the answer to managing the COVID-19 pandemic effectively?
Alice Howarth
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25th January 2021
0
Understanding the accuracy of PCR and Lateral Flow tests - and how they compare - is key in assessing the UK's community testing program
Health
Well-designed patient outreach can help tackle misinformation where it does the most harm
Galina Limorenko
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22nd January 2021
0
Engaging directly and openly with patients can have a lasting effect - for both the patients and the scientists trying to help them.
Health
We all need good hand hygiene, but antibacterial soap is a waste of time
Alice Howarth
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28th December 2020
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My partner recently bought antibacterial handwash. It turns out I have unnecessarily strong feelings on antibacterial soap.
Science
If Google’s Alphafold2 really has solved the protein folding problem, they need to show their working
David Briggs
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4th December 2020
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If Alphafold2 is as transformative as its makers claim, keeping its knowledge secret is troubling - especially when medical advances could be made if this technology is as good as they claim.
Science
Four perspectives on peer review: why it goes wrong, and why we need to fix it
Edzard Ernst
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23rd November 2020
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The peer review process is vital, but it is riddled with errors and issues; the quality of future science depends on trying to improve it
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