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Michael Marshall
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Michael Marshall is the project director of the Good Thinking Society and president of the Merseyside Skeptics Society. He is the co-host of the Skeptics with a K podcast, interviews proponents of pseudoscience on the Be Reasonable podcast, has given skeptical talks all around the world, and has lectured at several universities on the role of PR in the media. He became editor of The Skeptic in August 2020.
The new-age guru who claims cancer can be cured by drawing magic shapes in the air
According to spiritual guru and bestselling author Dr Zhi Gang Sha, Tao Calligraphy can radically better your life, improve your finances... and cure your cancer
Climate change denial charity Global Warming Policy Foundation wins 2022 Rusty Razor award
A climate change denial charity with close ties to the Conservative government, the Global Warming Policy Foundation, has today been named the 2022 recipient of the “Rusty Razor” award
The BBC Disinformation Unit wins Skeptical Activism Ockham award
The BBC's Disinformation Unit has today been named the 2022 recipient of the Ockham Award for Skeptical Activism.
Mas Sajady: the Get Well quantum guru who just wants to know if he makes sense
Despite promising the secret to natural medicine and the ability to stop ageing, Mas Sajady resembles a psychic show without the mysticism
Given his life-long promotion of pseudoscience, what threat will Charles III pose to skepticism?
As head of state, will Charles realise his life-long lobbying for alternative medicine is over, or will he use his newfound power to evade transparency?
The Ockham Awards 2022: recognising the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience
Nominations for the 2022 Ockham Awards are now open, with our annual award for Skeptical Activism and our Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience.
Regardless of good intentions, there should be no place for Reiki on the NHS
The NHS endorsing a charity-funded Reiki practitioner role only serves to legitimise quackery and deny patients the opportunity of effective support and care
The Get Well show proved that for its fans, even when pseudoscience fails, it succeeds
Lynne McTaggart's talk at her recent Get Well show was filled with tales of pseudoscience failing... yet she saw only more incredulous successes
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