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- All Acupuncture Cancer cures Chiropractic Homeopathy
  
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  Should we be skeptical of homeopathy research conducted in India? A look at the evidence
  
  Edzard Ernst - 12th April 2021
  
  Acupuncture
  
  New NICE guidelines on chronic pain fall woefully short – and not just because of the acupuncture
  
  Alice Howarth - 9th April 2021
  
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  Integrative medicine: Mixing cow pie with apple pie
  
  Edzard Ernst - 12th March 2021
  
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  When it comes to our health, doing nothing is often better than doing something wrong
  
  Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi - 19th February 2021
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  New NICE guidelines on chronic pain fall woefully short – and not just because of the acupuncture
  
  Alice Howarth - 9th April 2021
  
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  Rapid Prompting Method: A new form of communicating? Hardly
  
  Janyce Boynton - 24th March 2021
  
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  Virginity testing is as unscientific as it is sexist, but will banning these tests prove effective?
  
  Galina Limorenko - 19th March 2021
  
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  Do we really need supplements? A skeptic’s guide to micronutrients
  
  Pixie Turner - 17th March 2021
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  Hilary Evans Paranormal Library
  
  ‘Startling Stories’, illustrating ‘Strangers on the Heights’ by Manly Wade Wellman
  
  Deborah Hyde - 9th April 2021
  
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  Psychics and mediums: Mad, bad, or dangerous to know?
  
  Chris French - 11th March 2021
  
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  Blackpool’s ‘Chariots of the Gods’ park is built on racist assumptions about the past
  
  Mark Horne - 24th February 2021
  
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  When predictions fail: UFO cults, QAnon and cognitive dissonance
  
  Chris French - 3rd February 2021
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  The conspiracy theorists who believe ‘traditional masculinity’ is under deliberate, strategic attack
  
  Thiago Vahia Malliagros, Michael Marshall - 5th April 2021
  
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  2019’s ‘The Mandela Effect’ is a stylish, shallow exploration of a rather silly conspiracy theory
  
  Mark Horne - 2nd April 2021
  
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  Can you recognise antisemitism when you see it? An interactive meme adventure
  
  Aaron Rabinowitz - 5th March 2021
  
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  How the conspiracy theorists behind the failed US coup settled on a new date: March 4th
  
  Thiago Vahia Malliagros - 3rd March 2021
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  “Who decides?”: how fair questions can derail meaningful action
  
  Aaron Rabinowitz - 31st March 2021
  
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  Are you smarter than an 800 year-old? Our ancestors were more skeptical than you think
  
  David Mountain - 29th March 2021
  
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  Species, Individual, Gender – biology and taxonomy don’t deal in black and white
  
  Sarah Hearne - 22nd March 2021
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  University of Liverpool’s proposed redundancies raise serious red flags for academia
  
  Alice Howarth - 7th April 2021
  
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  The ‘scientist as lone genius’ is a myth that obscures real stories of scientific discovery
  
  Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi - 26th March 2021
  
  Science
  
  Species, Individual, Gender – biology and taxonomy don’t deal in black and white
  
  Sarah Hearne - 22nd March 2021
  
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  10 persistent HIV myths we need to move past to break the stigma of the disease
  
  Alice Howarth - 26th February 2021
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