AUTHOR

Wendy M. Grossman

https://www.pelicancrossing.net/

Wendy M. Grossman is founder and (twice) former editor of The Skeptic, and a freelance writer.

Media

Wendy Grossman remembers the late TV presenter John Stapleton

Wendy M. Grossman - 7th October 2025

After the death of TV presenter John Stapleton, former editor of The Skeptic Wendy Grossman reflects on meeting Stapleton on air in 1992

From the archives: American irritation with irrigation

Wendy M. Grossman - 29th July 2025

From the archives in 1991, Wendy Grossman considers the various efforts to irrigate the USA's driest regions over the years

From the archives: ‘Brainsex’, and the folly of sex-based neuroscience

Wendy M. Grossman - 15th July 2025

From the archives in 1991, Wendy Grossman debunks 'Brainsex', which argues for biological differences between male and female brains

Vaccinations

Virulent: The Vaccine War – a close-up look at the American antivax movement

Wendy M. Grossman - 3rd February 2023

"Virulent: The Vaccine War", screening online this weekend, is a well-executed portrait of the American anti-vaxx movement as it's developed over time

Conspiracy Theories

Though it remains unlikely, we’ve too little data to fully rule out the lab leak hypothesis… yet

Wendy M. Grossman - 3rd September 2021

While the recent US intelligence report ruled out claims that Covid had been deliberately create, it did not come to a conclusion on the lab leak hypothesis

Covid-19