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  When it comes to research, so-called alternative medicine is hostile to progress
  
  Edzard Ernst - 20th August 2021
  
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  Durian fruit myths: the many tall tales associated with the “King of Fruits”
  
  Ke Yi Lim - 12th August 2021
  
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  The Society of Homeopaths, and the issues with regulating healthcare in the UK
  
  Michael Marshall - 6th August 2021
  
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  As a skeptic and a dentist, I jumped at the chance to take a dental acupuncturist course
  
  Shaun Sellars - 28th July 2021
  
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  The UK’s plan to please India by promoting Ayurvedic medicine puts politics ahead of science
  
  Edzard Ernst - 21st July 2021
  
  Alternative Medicine
  
  Paul McCartney and The Bates Method of eyesight restoration
  
  Mark Horne - 7th July 2021
  
  Alternative Medicine
  
  Despite what Prince Charles thinks, homeopathy is not the answer to antibiotic resistance
  
  Edzard Ernst - 4th June 2021
  
  Alternative Medicine
  
  “Fake Medicine”: Dr Brad McKay skilfully takes apart health advice from Dr Google
  
  Edzard Ernst - 21st May 2021
  
  Alternative Medicine
  
  What William Radam’s “Microbe Killer” can teach us about modern stem cell quackery
  
  David Weinberg - 7th May 2021
  
  Alternative Medicine
  
  Brazil’s bogus “Covid kit” represents a failure of private healthcare regulation
  
  Natália Pasternak - 26th April 2021
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  Inside the White Rose: the extremist groups looking to capitalise on Covid paranoia
  
  Michael Marshall - 6th September 2021
  
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  Though it remains unlikely, we’ve too little data to fully rule out the lab leak hypothesis… yet
  
  Wendy M. Grossman - 3rd September 2021
  
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  The idea that four placebo pills are more powerful than two sounds magical – because it isn’t true
  
  Mike Hall - 27th August 2021
  
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  Living donor: why I decided to give my right kidney to a complete stranger
  
  Jairus Durnett - 16th August 2021
  
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  Inside the White Rose: from stickers and graffiti to an online Covid conspiracy ecosystem
  
  Michael Marshall - 11th August 2021
  
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  Much ado about nothing: evidence of the ‘powerful placebo’ is far from convincing
  
  Mike Hall - 30th July 2021
  
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  Natália Pasternak - 26th July 2021
  
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  Inside the White Rose: The Covid conspiracy graffiti group operating on your doorstep
  
  Michael Marshall - 19th July 2021
  
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  The JAMA ‘child mask’ research is fatally flawed – masks don’t cause “dangerous CO2 levels”
  
  Danny Bradley - 16th July 2021
  
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  You’re probably not Galileo: scientific advance rarely comes from lone, contrarian outsiders
  
  Matthew Browne, Chris Kavanagh - 23rd June 2021
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  Deborah Hyde - 17th September 2021
  
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  Nick Campion - 14th September 2021
  
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  David Hambling - 11th September 2021
  
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  Deborah Hyde - 2nd August 2021
  
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  The much-hyped UAP report’s lack of substance will do little to deter avid UFO believers
  
  Nigel Watson - 23rd July 2021
  
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  Pulau Tekong: An island of ghosts, and the military men who train there
  
  Ishan Singh - 15th July 2021
  
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  Nandini Nair - 8th July 2021
  
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  The story of the Satanic Panic is a tale of religious and cultural paranoia in America
  
  Deborah Hyde - 28th June 2021
  
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  When put to the test, the predictive powers of Indian astrology simply don’t hold up
  
  Nagesh Rajopadhye - 18th June 2021
  
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  Deborah Hyde - 24th May 2021
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  David Hambling - 11th September 2021
  
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  Inside the White Rose: the extremist groups looking to capitalise on Covid paranoia
  
  Michael Marshall - 6th September 2021
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  Though it remains unlikely, we’ve too little data to fully rule out the lab leak hypothesis… yet
  
  Wendy M. Grossman - 3rd September 2021
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  The Bewilder Gambit: a conspiracy theorist tactic designed to distract
  
  Dave Hahn - 25th August 2021
  
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  Fire, malfunction, North Korea, or something else: What really happened to flight MH370?
  
  Brandon Ang - 19th August 2021
  
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  Inside the White Rose: from stickers and graffiti to an online Covid conspiracy ecosystem
  
  Michael Marshall - 11th August 2021
  
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  How American conspiracy theories invaded my family home in Singapore
  
  Jadon Teo - 5th August 2021
  
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  Inside the White Rose: The Covid conspiracy graffiti group operating on your doorstep
  
  Michael Marshall - 19th July 2021
  
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  When it comes to conspiracy theories, even the small stuff matters
  
  Dave Hahn - 14th July 2021
  
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  Curbing misinformation begins with having more patience with the older generation
  
  Ethel Lim - 1st July 2021
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  Misleading propaganda from ‘Care Not Killing’ is designed to poison the well on assisted dying
  
  Brian Eggo - 15th September 2021
  
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  For a high-functioning society we must learn to embrace neurodiversity
  
  Galina Limorenko - 10th September 2021
  
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  We can understand the effect of privilege better when we consider it in terms of moral luck
  
  Aaron Rabinowitz - 8th September 2021
  
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  Inside the White Rose: the extremist groups looking to capitalise on Covid paranoia
  
  Michael Marshall - 6th September 2021
  
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  Julian Baggini - 31st August 2021
  
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  Behind the slick production values of “The Reason I Jump”, lies Facilitated Communication
  
  Janyce Boynton - 23rd August 2021
  
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  Mark Horne, Matt Kemp - 18th August 2021
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  Galina Limorenko - 10th September 2021
  
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  Closing the information gap on GM technology means addressing fear, as well as ignorance
  
  Natália Pasternak - 1st September 2021
  
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  Living donor: why I decided to give my right kidney to a complete stranger
  
  Jairus Durnett - 16th August 2021
  
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  Recovering memories: The truth is, the Satanic Panic never really went away
  
  Chris French - 13th August 2021
  
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  Rapa Nui: European myths mask the reason for societal collapse on Easter Island – colonialism
  
  Sarah Hearne - 9th August 2021
  
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  A science of networks: visualising connections using Game of Thrones characters
  
  Andrew Beveridge - 3rd August 2021
  
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  Much ado about nothing: evidence of the ‘powerful placebo’ is far from convincing
  
  Mike Hall - 30th July 2021
  
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  Psychoanalysis: Science or Pseudoscience? Examining the status of Freudian theory
  
  Anna Järvinen - 27th July 2021
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