AUTHOR
Mark Williams
23 Articles
Mark Williams is a former member of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
The Death and Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
On the 29th January, 1951, a woman named Henrietta Lacks called into John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, complaining that she felt a ‘knot’ in...
From the archives: Homeopathy and the 10:23 campaign
From the archives in 2012, Mark Williams corresponds with professional homeopathy organisations in the wake of the 10:23 campaign's mass 'overdose' stunt
Technophobia: Facebook and computers cause cancer; typewriters apparently don’t
From the archives in 2011, Mark Williams looks at media scaremongering around technology being to blame for social ills
Michael Thalbourne, 1955-2010
It is with great sadness that I write to tell you that Australian parapsychologist Michael Thalbourne has passed away. I am glad to have...
Ipso Factoid: Daily Mail in Mildly Educational Shocker
The Daily Mail recently produced a list of questions commonly asked of parents by their naturally curious children about science and the world around...
Ipso Factoid: *insert gratuitous sexual pun here*
In a wonderful opportunity (duly ignored) to prove our maturity as a society, both the Times and Daily Mail had headlines declaring "What an...
God Damn Blasphemers
Having just been rocked by further revelations of abuse and cover-up rampant in the Catholic Church, the Irish State decided to kick off the...
IPSO FACTOID: Well That’s It Then, Science Is Over
Pack up the Bunsen burners and power down the computers because Science Is Dying! This wonderfully nonsensical claim is thanks to Daniel Henninger of...
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