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The Ockham Awards 2020: recognising the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience
Nominations for the 2020 Ockham Awards are now open, with our annual award for Skeptical Activism and our Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience.
Coronavirus, conspiracy, challenges and compassion
Our new editor Michael Marshall talks about the challenge of countering coronavirus misinformation and conspiracy theory, and why compassion is such an important aspect of skepticism.
COVID-19 nutrition myths
Registered nutritionist Pixie Turner takes a look at some of the most common COVID-19 nutritional myths to arise during the pandemic.
Can You Catch Morgellons from the Internet?
Natasha Byrne investigates the role of a very modern medium in the proliferation of a very modern condition
It’s enough to make your skin crawl:...
A Quorum of Quacks
For those of you who have never been festooned with so may needles that you looked like a archery target in fairyland, or else...
The Changing Face of Anti-Vax
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was a very well-travelled eighteenth century aristocrat whose husband was appointed ambassador to Istanbul. Fortunately for us, she was also...
From the archives: Twitching sticks – the (pseudo)science of dowsing
From the archives in 1989, Anthony Garrett takes a look at the science - or otherwise - of dowsing and water divination
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