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  From the archives: Quackupuncture – A question of medical ethics
  
  H.B. Gibson - 28th April 2026
  
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  The high price of anti-science paranoia and fake cancer-cure conspiracies
  
  André Bacchi - 23rd March 2026
  
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  Rights over regulation? The moral case against legalised snake oil
  
  Aaron Rabinowitz - 4th March 2026
  
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  Superficial empowerment: the hidden cost of TikTok’s skincare obsession
  
  Olivia Olin - 23rd February 2026
  
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  The dangers of flawed clinical trials
  
  Edzard Ernst - 18th February 2026
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  The rise in chronic disease doesn’t necessarily mean we are getting sicker
  
  Travis Baldwin - 24th April 2026
  
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  No, artificial sweeteners do not cause cognitive decline
  
  Mauro Proença - 22nd April 2026
  
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  Peter Duesberg is dead, but his legacy of AIDS denial lives on in Joe Rogan
  
  Michael Marshall - 10th April 2026
  
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  The high price of anti-science paranoia and fake cancer-cure conspiracies
  
  André Bacchi - 23rd March 2026
  
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  How arbitrary decisions become dogma in healthcare
  
  André Bacchi - 9th February 2026
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  The demons of Varginha: The cultural context behind Brazil’s famous UFO case
  
  João Lucas da Silva - 13th May 2026
  
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  How a very wrong Royal horoscope put astrology on the map in Britain
  
  Carlos Orsi - 11th May 2026
  
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  Remembering Nick Pope, “the UK’s top UFO expert” (1965-2026)
  
  Chris French - 29th April 2026
  
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  ‘Capturing Bigfoot’ may yet offer definitive proof that Bigfoot was nothing but a hoax
  
  Blake Smith - 17th April 2026
  
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  The ancient alien legacy of the late pseudo-archaeologist, Erich Von Däniken
  
  Dave Hahn - 15th April 2026
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  Peter Duesberg is dead, but his legacy of AIDS denial lives on in Joe Rogan
  
  Michael Marshall - 10th April 2026
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  The Italian electoral abstention, and the self-fulfilling conspiracy theory plot
  
  Allegra Brachini - 25th March 2026
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  Venezuelan “birtherism”: the nationalistic movement to delegitimise Nicolás Maduro
  
  Gabriel Andrade - 6th March 2026
  
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  What the ‘Epstein Files’ tell us about conspiracy theories – and about skeptics
  
  Michael Marshall - 16th February 2026
  
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  Taylor Swift isn’t “MAGA-coded”, she is a lightning rod for conspiracist grievances
  
  Dave Hahn - 2nd February 2026
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  Jim Cliff - 18th May 2026
  
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  Gen Z don’t really think they’re psychic – at least no more so than their elders
  
  Michael Marshall - 15th May 2026
  
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  ‘God: The Science, The Evidence, The Dawn of a Revolution’… and underwhelming apologetics
  
  Aaron Rabinowitz - 6th May 2026
  
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  For a truly global humanist movement, we need an International Humanist Institute
  
  Leo Igwe - 4th May 2026
  
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  The ‘Quiet Revival’ in British religiosity was only ever a statistical mirage
  
  Michael Marshall - 1st May 2026
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  Jim Cliff - 18th May 2026
  
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  Richard Dawkins and AI: the lights are on, but nobody’s home
  
  Mike Hall - 8th May 2026
  
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  For all the claims of governments and Big Tech, cybersecurity is far from scientific
  
  Andy Farnell - 27th April 2026
  
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  In a world of eight billion unique minds, what even is ‘neurotypical’, anyway?
  
  Richard Glover - 20th April 2026
  
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  The Starbucks ‘Sippy Lid’ and the marketing doublespeak of greenwashing
  
  Suyeon Jung - 27th March 2026
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Nutrition

No, artificial sweeteners do not cause cognitive decline

Mauro Proença - 22nd April 2026

A Brazilian cohort study made headlines with claims artificial sweeteners cause cognitive decline, but the evidence it presents is weak at best.

Alternative Medicine

Floral alchemy: the even stranger Brazilian cousin of Bach Flower Remedies

Mauro Proença - 10th October 2024

Endorsed by the São Paulo city government, floral alchemy claims to be able to heal based on vibrational energy derived from lunar cycles

The Skeptic Podcast

The Skeptic Podcast – Episode 064

15th May 2026

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