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Is community testing the answer to managing the COVID-19 pandemic effectively?

Alice Howarth -
Understanding the accuracy of PCR and Lateral Flow tests - and how they compare - is key in assessing the UK's community testing program
History

Qanon’s references to ‘Adrenochome’ echo old, anti-Semitic Blood Libel myths

Thiago Vahia Malliagros -
Adrenochrome has become a central part of the Qanon theory, despite 'Q' never mentioning it; its history is long, and deeply anti-Semitic.
Conspiracy Theories

David Icke’s 2018 tour sowed the seeds for a return to the conspiracy mainstream

Michael Marshall -
David Icke's 2018 tour sanitised some of his more outré claims and played to the free speech gallery, readying his return to the mainstream.
Conspiracy Theories

Cheap talk skepticism: why we need to push back against those who are ‘just asking questions’

Aaron Rabinowitz -
'Cheap talk' skepticism - coming at little cost to the doubter, but significant cost to others - is undermining genuine skeptical inquiry.
History

Christmas as we know it is appropriated, co-opted, bastardised… and thoroughly magical

Paul Duncan McGarrity -
There's plenty to be skeptical about when it comes to the origins of Christmas, but that won't stop me embracing the warmth and magic of it all.
Conspiracy Theories

Anti-vaxxers are dangerously wrong, but we should be wary of writing them off as stupid or selfish

Michael Marshall -
If we want to be effective in countering anti-vaxxers, we need to understand their arguments, and why people believe them.
History

History is written by the victors, and the losers, and by everyone else as well

Victoria Stiles -
There is no single 'true' version of history - pretending there is merely props up the status quo, rather than advancing our understanding
Skepticism

French scientist Didier Raoult given Rusty Razor Award for pseudoscience

Michael Marshall -
French microbiologist Didier Raoult has been given the 2020 Rusty Razor for his promotion of hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment.
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