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Should we be skeptical of homeopathy research conducted in India? A look at the evidence
Edzard Ernst
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12th April 2021
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New NICE guidelines on chronic pain fall woefully short – and not just because of the acupuncture
Alice Howarth
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9th April 2021
Alternative Medicine
Integrative medicine: Mixing cow pie with apple pie
Edzard Ernst
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12th March 2021
Alternative Medicine
When it comes to our health, doing nothing is often better than doing something wrong
Natália Pasternak
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Carlos Orsi
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19th February 2021
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New NICE guidelines on chronic pain fall woefully short – and not just because of the acupuncture
Alice Howarth
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9th April 2021
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Rapid Prompting Method: A new form of communicating? Hardly
Janyce Boynton
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24th March 2021
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Virginity testing is as unscientific as it is sexist, but will banning these tests prove effective?
Galina Limorenko
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19th March 2021
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Do we really need supplements? A skeptic’s guide to micronutrients
Pixie Turner
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17th March 2021
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‘Startling Stories’, illustrating ‘Strangers on the Heights’ by Manly Wade Wellman
Deborah Hyde
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9th April 2021
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Psychics and mediums: Mad, bad, or dangerous to know?
Chris French
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11th March 2021
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Blackpool’s ‘Chariots of the Gods’ park is built on racist assumptions about the past
Mark Horne
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24th February 2021
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When predictions fail: UFO cults, QAnon and cognitive dissonance
Chris French
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3rd February 2021
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The conspiracy theorists who believe ‘traditional masculinity’ is under deliberate, strategic attack
Thiago Vahia Malliagros
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Michael Marshall
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5th April 2021
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2019’s ‘The Mandela Effect’ is a stylish, shallow exploration of a rather silly conspiracy theory
Mark Horne
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2nd April 2021
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Can you recognise antisemitism when you see it? An interactive meme adventure
Aaron Rabinowitz
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5th March 2021
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How the conspiracy theorists behind the failed US coup settled on a new date: March 4th
Thiago Vahia Malliagros
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3rd March 2021
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The conspiracy theorists who believe ‘traditional masculinity’ is under deliberate, strategic attack
Thiago Vahia Malliagros
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Michael Marshall
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5th April 2021
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“Who decides?”: how fair questions can derail meaningful action
Aaron Rabinowitz
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31st March 2021
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Are you smarter than an 800 year-old? Our ancestors were more skeptical than you think
David Mountain
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29th March 2021
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Species, Individual, Gender – biology and taxonomy don’t deal in black and white
Sarah Hearne
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22nd March 2021
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University of Liverpool’s proposed redundancies raise serious red flags for academia
Alice Howarth
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7th April 2021
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The ‘scientist as lone genius’ is a myth that obscures real stories of scientific discovery
Natália Pasternak
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Carlos Orsi
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26th March 2021
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Species, Individual, Gender – biology and taxonomy don’t deal in black and white
Sarah Hearne
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22nd March 2021
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10 persistent HIV myths we need to move past to break the stigma of the disease
Alice Howarth
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26th February 2021
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Natalia Pasternak is a microbiologist with a PhD in bacterial genetics and a research fellow at the University of Sao Paulo. She’s founder and current president of Instituto Questão de Ciência (Question of Science Institute).
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The ‘scientist as lone genius’ is a myth that obscures real stories of scientific discovery
Natália Pasternak
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Carlos Orsi
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26th March 2021
Science communication that focuses on lone geniuses making accidental discoveries can prime the public to accept quacks masquerading as mavericks
Alternative Medicine
When it comes to our health, doing nothing is often better than doing something wrong
Natália Pasternak
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Carlos Orsi
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19th February 2021
Most of the time, being proactive can be a good thing, but when it comes to healthcare, doing nothing is better than doing something stupid.
Alternative Medicine
Kardecism: the fringe spiritualist doctrine which became the soul of pseudoscience in Brazil
Natália Pasternak
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Carlos Orsi
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15th January 2021
Kardecism - an 19th century off-shoot of spiritualism - found fertile ground in Brazil, and grew to wholly undermine trust in science and medicine.
Alternative Medicine
Brazilian Congress turns green – not for the environment, but for homeopathy
Natália Pasternak
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Carlos Orsi
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9th December 2020
Brazil continues to make baffling healthcare decisions, including lighting up the Brazilian congress buildings... in honour of homeopathy
Politics
Brazil’s government throw their weight behind Creationism and Intelligent Design
Natália Pasternak
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Carlos Orsi
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2nd November 2020
Driven by the Discovery Institute, Creationism and Intelligent Design have been gaining ground in Brazil, and finding support in government.
Alternative Medicine
Rectal ozone therapy: Brazil’s latest COVID-19 pseudoscience
Natália Pasternak
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Carlos Orsi
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12th October 2020
Brazil's rectal ozone therapy may sound ridiculous, but the reach of the pseudoscience movement is no joke
Covid-19
Hydroxychloroquine: when bad science goes mainstream
Natália Pasternak
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Carlos Orsi
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4th September 2020
As covid-19 spreads across Brazil, Natalia Pasternak and Carlos Orsi highlight how one purported miracle cure found friends in very high places.
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University of Liverpool’s proposed redundancies raise serious red flags for academia
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