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Much ado about nothing: evidence of the ‘powerful placebo’ is far from convincing
A look at a paper touting the benefits of placebo for shoulder pain shows ‘powerful placebo’ claims fail to stand up to scrutiny.
Psychoanalysis: Science or Pseudoscience? Examining the status of Freudian theory
From the archives, Anna Järvinen considers the status of Freudian theory...
Why I called for the Brazilian Senate to impeach President Bolsanaro over our Covid crisis
Science-based policies can save us from future pandemics. We won't get them by remaining silent when denialism takes over governments.
Inside the White Rose: The Covid conspiracy graffiti group operating on your doorstep
Throughout the pandemic, the White Rose movement has been growing, plastering towns with Covid conspiracy propaganda stickers
The JAMA ‘child mask’ research is fatally flawed – masks don’t cause “dangerous CO2 levels”
The study’s basic methodological errors, and flawed supplemental literature did not stop pundits from using it to scaremonger about masks
Why Millennials and Gen Z are turning to tarot as a form of “therapy”
Tarot's TikTok popularity is just the latest sign of the younger generation looking for whatever answers they can find - even if they're not true
Counterweight, and the continued enabling of bad faith ‘anti-woke’ actors
The 'anti-woke helpline' Counterweight launched in a flurry of uncritical media interviews, but are less forthcoming when it comes to answering reasonable questions from critics
Recovering memories: Could the Satanic Panic happen again?
Ongoing public belief in the idea of repressed memories suggests that the so-called Memory Wars are not yet over, and that the Satanic Panic could happen again