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Wendy M. Grossman

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

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

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

Making vaccines convenient and accessible helps minimise the impact of vaccine hesitancy

Tackling vaccine hesitancy is less about ‘nudging’ us, and more about removing the barriers to accessing vaccines

Skeptic at large: a new era

Former editor and founder of The Skeptic, Wendy Grossman, talks about the past, present and future of skepticism

Constructing Knowledge

I first learned to be a skeptic in high school. Pause. Modify. I think I was always naturally a skeptic - or, as my...

Alternative Facts

“WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING ‘alternative facts’ for decades, haven’t we?” a fellow long-serving skeptic said recently. Indeed we have, even though it never occurred to...

From the archives: Fact checking the decibels at Wimbledon

From the archives in 2012, Wendy Grossman looks at the media claim that a tennis player's grunt at Wimbledon was almost as loud as a jet engine.

When The Skeptic came of age: a 2011 reflection on the first 21 years of the magazine

From the archives in 2011, Wendy M Grossman, founding editor of The Skeptic, reflects on the first 21 years of the magazine’s life

From the archives: Going to great lengths – long-hair pseudoscience

From the archives in 2011, Wendy Grossman looks at the miraculous supplements and regimes promoted on forums for people keen to grow and maintain long hair
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