AUTHOR
Mark Williams
23 Articles
Mark Williams is a former member of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Ipso Factoid: How much of our brains do we use to read The Daily Mail?
Do they fail to see the irony? This week The Daily Mail reported on a new book that dispels a number of health myths...
Ipso Factoid: Is there anything Red Wine can’t do?
It had been a while since the newspapers told us to drink red wine in order to receive a health benefit. There has been...
The Homo’s Made Us Do It
I think I can honestly say I've never been rendered speechless with anger before. However thanks to a one page document recently released by...
Ipso Factoid: SUNDAY EXPRESS MORE DEADLY THAN VACCINE
The UK media was feeling pretty smug last week, due to the fact they single-handedly averted the cervical-cancer-vaccine-Armageddon. The tragic death of Natalie Morton...
Ipso Factoid: Milking it?
The Daily Mail has reported on the stress busting properties of milk. It seems a protein in milk known as Lactium could be the...
When nightmares intrude into waking life
The Skeptic's Lead Editor, Chris French, has co-authored a paper on sleep paralysis with Julia Santomauro, published in Issue 22 (August 2009) of The...
Haunting the Bereaved: a skeptical analysis of Colin Fry’s “6ixth Sense” TV show
From the archives, Mark Williams reflects on the ‘psychic’ offerings of Colin Fry as presented in his TV show, 6ixth Sense