AUTHOR
Steve Donnelly
8 Articles
Steve Donnelly is a physics professor at the University of Salford
Whatever happened to crop circles?
From the archives, Steve Donnelly wistfully pines for the appearances of beautiful - though entirely explicable - crop circle formations in fields.
Levity on the Web: how the internet facilitates pseudoscience – and skepticism
From the archives, Steve Donnelly reflects on the role of the internet in spreading and promoting pseudoscience - and allowing skeptics to expose it
Rhyme and Reason – Magnetic quackery
From the archives, Steve Donnelly takes a look at MagneCare's claims that magnetism can cure all manner of ailments
Rhyme, reason and numerology: All the ones
From the archives, Steve Donnelly explains that while you might think it's just a coincidence that you notice when the time is 11:11, some think it's a sign of something more significant.
Electromagnetic protection: the dodgy devices promising to protect you from EMFs
From the archives, Steve Donnelly discusses the burgeoning field of electromagnetic protection protecting devices
Dopamine and religiosity: keep taking the tablets…
From the archives, Steve Donnelly ponders research linking religiosity and skepticism with varying degrees of dopamine levels in the brain.
Rhyme and Reason: a Rael expert takes a look at the Raelian movement
From the archives, former editor Steve Donnelly takes a look at the Raelian movement's claims about human cloning, on BBC's Today programme
From the archives: A panoply of paranormal piffle – The Skeptic meets Stephen Fry
From the archives in 1990, Steve Donnelly of The Skeptic meets actor, comedian, author and atheist Stephen Fry