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When it comes to research, so-called alternative medicine is hostile to progress
Edzard Ernst
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20th August 2021
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Durian fruit myths: the many tall tales associated with the “King of Fruits”
Ke Yi Lim
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12th August 2021
Alternative Medicine
The Society of Homeopaths, and the issues with regulating healthcare in the UK
Michael Marshall
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6th August 2021
Acupuncture
As a skeptic and a dentist, I jumped at the chance to take a dental acupuncturist course
Shaun Sellars
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28th July 2021
Alternative Medicine
The UK’s plan to please India by promoting Ayurvedic medicine puts politics ahead of science
Edzard Ernst
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21st July 2021
Alternative Medicine
Paul McCartney and The Bates Method of eyesight restoration
Mark Horne
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7th July 2021
Alternative Medicine
Despite what Prince Charles thinks, homeopathy is not the answer to antibiotic resistance
Edzard Ernst
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4th June 2021
Alternative Medicine
“Fake Medicine”: Dr Brad McKay skilfully takes apart health advice from Dr Google
Edzard Ernst
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21st May 2021
Alternative Medicine
What William Radam’s “Microbe Killer” can teach us about modern stem cell quackery
David Weinberg
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7th May 2021
Covid-19
Brazil’s bogus “Covid kit” represents a failure of private healthcare regulation
Natália Pasternak
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26th April 2021
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Inside the White Rose: the extremist groups looking to capitalise on Covid paranoia
Michael Marshall
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6th September 2021
Covid-19
Though it remains unlikely, we’ve too little data to fully rule out the lab leak hypothesis… yet
Wendy M. Grossman
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3rd September 2021
Health
The idea that four placebo pills are more powerful than two sounds magical – because it isn’t true
Mike Hall
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27th August 2021
Health
Living donor: why I decided to give my right kidney to a complete stranger
Jairus Durnett
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16th August 2021
Covid-19
Inside the White Rose: from stickers and graffiti to an online Covid conspiracy ecosystem
Michael Marshall
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11th August 2021
Health
Much ado about nothing: evidence of the ‘powerful placebo’ is far from convincing
Mike Hall
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30th July 2021
Covid-19
Why I called for the Brazilian Senate to impeach President Bolsanaro over our Covid crisis
Natália Pasternak
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26th July 2021
Covid-19
Inside the White Rose: The Covid conspiracy graffiti group operating on your doorstep
Michael Marshall
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19th July 2021
Covid-19
The JAMA ‘child mask’ research is fatally flawed – masks don’t cause “dangerous CO2 levels”
Danny Bradley
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16th July 2021
Covid-19
You’re probably not Galileo: scientific advance rarely comes from lone, contrarian outsiders
Matthew Browne
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Chris Kavanagh
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23rd June 2021
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Hilary Evans Paranormal Library
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Behind the times: living in a modern era doesn’t inoculate us against believing in curses
Deborah Hyde
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17th September 2021
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Do astrologers have to believe in astrology?
Nick Campion
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14th September 2021
9/11
Nostradamus and 9/11: picking apart the proposed prophecy
David Hambling
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11th September 2021
Hilary Evans Paranormal Library
The two ghosts of Muncaster Castle
Deborah Hyde
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2nd August 2021
UFOs
The much-hyped UAP report’s lack of substance will do little to deter avid UFO believers
Nigel Watson
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23rd July 2021
Ghosts
Pulau Tekong: An island of ghosts, and the military men who train there
Ishan Singh
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15th July 2021
Paranormal
Why Millennials and Gen Z are turning to tarot as a form of “therapy”
Nandini Nair
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8th July 2021
Paranormal
The story of the Satanic Panic is a tale of religious and cultural paranoia in America
Deborah Hyde
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28th June 2021
Astrology
When put to the test, the predictive powers of Indian astrology simply don’t hold up
Nagesh Rajopadhye
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18th June 2021
Ghosts
The Battersea Poltergeist, and the role of the paranormal investigator
Deborah Hyde
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24th May 2021
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Nostradamus and 9/11: picking apart the proposed prophecy
David Hambling
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11th September 2021
Covid-19
Inside the White Rose: the extremist groups looking to capitalise on Covid paranoia
Michael Marshall
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6th September 2021
Covid-19
Though it remains unlikely, we’ve too little data to fully rule out the lab leak hypothesis… yet
Wendy M. Grossman
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3rd September 2021
Conspiracy Theories
The Bewilder Gambit: a conspiracy theorist tactic designed to distract
Dave Hahn
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25th August 2021
Conspiracy Theories
Fire, malfunction, North Korea, or something else: What really happened to flight MH370?
Brandon Ang
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19th August 2021
Covid-19
Inside the White Rose: from stickers and graffiti to an online Covid conspiracy ecosystem
Michael Marshall
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11th August 2021
Conspiracy Theories
How American conspiracy theories invaded my family home in Singapore
Jadon Teo
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5th August 2021
Covid-19
Inside the White Rose: The Covid conspiracy graffiti group operating on your doorstep
Michael Marshall
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19th July 2021
Conspiracy Theories
When it comes to conspiracy theories, even the small stuff matters
Dave Hahn
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14th July 2021
Conspiracy Theories
Curbing misinformation begins with having more patience with the older generation
Ethel Lim
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1st July 2021
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Behind the times: living in a modern era doesn’t inoculate us against believing in curses
Deborah Hyde
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17th September 2021
Skepticism
Misleading propaganda from ‘Care Not Killing’ is designed to poison the well on assisted dying
Brian Eggo
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15th September 2021
Archive
Do astrologers have to believe in astrology?
Nick Campion
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14th September 2021
9/11
Nostradamus and 9/11: picking apart the proposed prophecy
David Hambling
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11th September 2021
Psychology
For a high-functioning society we must learn to embrace neurodiversity
Galina Limorenko
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10th September 2021
Philosophy
We can understand the effect of privilege better when we consider it in terms of moral luck
Aaron Rabinowitz
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8th September 2021
Covid-19
Inside the White Rose: the extremist groups looking to capitalise on Covid paranoia
Michael Marshall
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6th September 2021
Archive
Philosopher’s corner: where a false claim becomes a nonsense claim
Julian Baggini
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31st August 2021
Media
Behind the slick production values of “The Reason I Jump”, lies Facilitated Communication
Janyce Boynton
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23rd August 2021
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Coming to terms: the words believers, skeptics and the general public use differently
Mark Horne
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Matt Kemp
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18th August 2021
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Do astrologers have to believe in astrology?
Nick Campion
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14th September 2021
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Are the claims for using coffee waste in the garden well grounded?
Sarah Hearne
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13th September 2021
Psychology
For a high-functioning society we must learn to embrace neurodiversity
Galina Limorenko
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10th September 2021
GMOs
Closing the information gap on GM technology means addressing fear, as well as ignorance
Natália Pasternak
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1st September 2021
Health
Living donor: why I decided to give my right kidney to a complete stranger
Jairus Durnett
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16th August 2021
Science
Recovering memories: The truth is, the Satanic Panic never really went away
Chris French
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13th August 2021
Climate Change
Rapa Nui: European myths mask the reason for societal collapse on Easter Island – colonialism
Sarah Hearne
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9th August 2021
Archive
A science of networks: visualising connections using Game of Thrones characters
Andrew Beveridge
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3rd August 2021
Health
Much ado about nothing: evidence of the ‘powerful placebo’ is far from convincing
Mike Hall
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30th July 2021
Psychology
Psychoanalysis: Science or Pseudoscience? Examining the status of Freudian theory
Anna Järvinen
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27th July 2021
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Is community testing the answer to managing the COVID-19 pandemic effectively?
Alice Howarth
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25th January 2021
Understanding the accuracy of PCR and Lateral Flow tests - and how they compare - is key in assessing the UK's community testing program
Covid-19
Pandemic prediction problems: meet the psychics who claim to have predicted COVID-19
Brian Eggo
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21st January 2021
Psychics and astrologers now claim to have successfully predicted the pandemic, here's what their 2020 predictions actually said
Covid-19
What does Covid-safe dentistry look like?
Shaun Sellars
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19th January 2021
Dentists are quite literally in the firing line when it comes to COVID-19, but we're taking every precaution possible to treat patients safely.
Conspiracy Theories
Meet the conspiracy theorists who believe Covid isn’t real… because viruses don’t exist
Frank Visser
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14th January 2021
In the world of the virus deniers, not only is the novel coronavirus fake, but viruses themselves don't actually exist.
Covid-19
I’ll get the Covid vaccine – here’s why I’m telling you, and why you should tell everyone too
Matthew Reynolds
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6th January 2021
We can all play an active role in helping achieve Covid-19 vaccination coverage by limiting the spread of misplaced vaccine fear.
Conspiracy Theories
Anti-vaxxers are dangerously wrong, but we should be wary of writing them off as stupid or selfish
Michael Marshall
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18th December 2020
If we want to be effective in countering anti-vaxxers, we need to understand their arguments, and why people believe them.
Covid-19
The COVID-19 vaccines are a sign for cautious optimism – but it is still early days
Alice Howarth
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26th November 2020
Three COVID-19 Vaccines have shown some very promising results, and we should rightly feel optimistic, but we aren't at the finish line yet
Conspiracy Theories
From scam product ads to conspiracy theories, misinformation always adapts to survive
Michael Marshall
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18th November 2020
The techniques developed by affiliate marketers to spread scam products mirrors the way in which conspiracy theories nimbly adapt to spread misinformation
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