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Autohemotherapy: blood pseudoscience with a Brazilian twist
Mauro Proença
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15th June 2026
Alternative Medicine
The Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine retraction scandal
Edzard Ernst
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5th June 2026
Alternative Medicine
Patients can’t have true autonomy in health without access to good information
André Bacchi
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1st June 2026
Acupuncture
From the archives: Quackupuncture – A question of medical ethics
H.B. Gibson
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28th April 2026
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The high price of anti-science paranoia and fake cancer-cure conspiracies
André Bacchi
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23rd March 2026
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Rio Vista: the first city to start, and then stop, water fluoridation
Dayton Murphy
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10th June 2026
Alternative Medicine
Patients can’t have true autonomy in health without access to good information
André Bacchi
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1st June 2026
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Who’s afraid for Naomi Wolf? The fall of a feminist icon into a conspiracist rabbithole
Michael Marshall
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29th May 2026
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Lost in translation: why most longevity breakthroughs don’t become therapies
Brian Goncus
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22nd May 2026
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The rise in chronic disease doesn’t necessarily mean we are getting sicker
Travis Baldwin
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24th April 2026
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Pam Reynolds, and putting ‘out-of-body experiences’ to the scientific test
Mike Hall
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8th June 2026
Parapsychology
Learning about science and statistics through pseudoscience
Hj Hornbeck
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20th May 2026
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The demons of Varginha: The cultural context behind Brazil’s famous UFO case
João Lucas da Silva
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13th May 2026
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How a very wrong Royal horoscope put astrology on the map in Britain
Carlos Orsi
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11th May 2026
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Remembering Nick Pope, “the UK’s top UFO expert” (1965-2026)
Chris French
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29th April 2026
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Bill Hicks embodied all the good and bad of High Weirdness
Aaron Rabinowitz
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3rd June 2026
Conspiracy Theories
Who’s afraid for Naomi Wolf? The fall of a feminist icon into a conspiracist rabbithole
Michael Marshall
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29th May 2026
Conspiracy Theories
Peter Duesberg is dead, but his legacy of AIDS denial lives on in Joe Rogan
Michael Marshall
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10th April 2026
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The Italian electoral abstention, and the self-fulfilling conspiracy theory plot
Allegra Brachini
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25th March 2026
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Venezuelan “birtherism”: the nationalistic movement to delegitimise Nicolás Maduro
Gabriel Andrade
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6th March 2026
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The Nobel Prize-winning scientists who ruined their legacies by staying alive
Tom Williamson
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22nd June 2026
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The Odyssey of Helen’s skin colour: casting controversies and bad philology
Gabriel Andrade
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19th June 2026
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Five “zombie facts” about history that we need to consign to the past
Sean Slater
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12th June 2026
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Bill Hicks embodied all the good and bad of High Weirdness
Aaron Rabinowitz
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3rd June 2026
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Smoke and mirrors: violent media, cigarettes, and shaky statistics
Jim Cliff
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18th May 2026
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The Nobel Prize-winning scientists who ruined their legacies by staying alive
Tom Williamson
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22nd June 2026
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AI needs to be regulated to ensure its benefits don’t stay with the mega-rich
Graeme Morledge
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17th June 2026
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The Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine retraction scandal
Edzard Ernst
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5th June 2026
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In the era of AI, cognitive biases are not exclusive to humans
Richard Glover
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27th May 2026
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What links the Flatwoods Monster, the Kelly–Hopkinsville alien encounter, and Mothman?
David Mountain
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23rd April 2021
The connection between three legendary paranormal sightings tells us a lot about why we see what isn't there... and miss what's really there
QAnon
When predictions fail: UFO cults, QAnon and cognitive dissonance
Chris French
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3rd February 2021
When their predictions don't come true, cults are faced with a choice: accept reality, or rationalise the failure. Which road will Qanon take?
UFOs
Is the US government in contact with an alien “galactic federation”?
Chris French
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11th January 2021
Haim Eshed, former head of Israel’s Defense Ministry, claims aliens are working with the US government. I'd like to see some evidence.
Paranormal
Captured by Aliens? A History and Analysis of American Abduction Claims, by Nigel Watson
Chris French
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11th November 2020
'Captured by Aliens?' is an excellent introduction to alleged alien contact, but misses the opportunity to update on previous editions
Archive
Making UFOlogy History: Roswell, and the story of Betty and Barney Hill
David Clarke
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2nd July 2008
From the archives, David Clarke reviews classic UFO cases 60 years after the birth of UFOlogy: the Roswell incident, and Betty and Barney Hill
Archive
Is a Grey heavier than a Green? Memory, suggestibility, and abductee interviews
Stephen Moston
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2nd July 2008
From the archives, Stephen Moston takes a look at the relationship between asking a question and reaching a conclusion, especially when it comes to UFO abductees
Archive
From the archive: How (not) to talk to aliens, and the challenges of extraterrestrial languages
Mark Newbrook
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28th October 2006
From the archives in 2006, Mark Newbrook ponders the complexities of extraterrestrial languages
Archive
From the archive: Forgive us our trespassers – Rendlesham and diplomacy
Peter Brookesmith
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14th April 2006
From the archives in 2006, Peter Brookesmith considers the diplomatic aspects of the Rendlesham ‘cover-up’
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