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  From the archives: Quackupuncture – A question of medical ethics
  
  H.B. Gibson - 28th April 2026
  
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  The high price of anti-science paranoia and fake cancer-cure conspiracies
  
  André Bacchi - 23rd March 2026
  
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  Rights over regulation? The moral case against legalised snake oil
  
  Aaron Rabinowitz - 4th March 2026
  
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  Superficial empowerment: the hidden cost of TikTok’s skincare obsession
  
  Olivia Olin - 23rd February 2026
  
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  The dangers of flawed clinical trials
  
  Edzard Ernst - 18th February 2026
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  The rise in chronic disease doesn’t necessarily mean we are getting sicker
  
  Travis Baldwin - 24th April 2026
  
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  No, artificial sweeteners do not cause cognitive decline
  
  Mauro Proença - 22nd April 2026
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  Peter Duesberg is dead, but his legacy of AIDS denial lives on in Joe Rogan
  
  Michael Marshall - 10th April 2026
  
  Cancer
  
  The high price of anti-science paranoia and fake cancer-cure conspiracies
  
  André Bacchi - 23rd March 2026
  
  Health
  
  How arbitrary decisions become dogma in healthcare
  
  André Bacchi - 9th February 2026
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  UFOs
  
  Remembering Nick Pope, “the UK’s top UFO expert” (1965-2026)
  
  Chris French - 29th April 2026
  
  Cryptozoology
  
  ‘Capturing Bigfoot’ may yet offer definitive proof that Bigfoot was nothing but a hoax
  
  Blake Smith - 17th April 2026
  
  Ancient Aliens
  
  The ancient alien legacy of the late pseudo-archaeologist, Erich Von Däniken
  
  Dave Hahn - 15th April 2026
  
  Religion
  
  Why aliens look like demons to US Vice President JD Vance
  
  Gabriel Andrade - 8th April 2026
  
  Paranormal
  
  Ed and Lorraine Warren: past masters of paranormal self-promotion
  
  Michael Marshall - 20th March 2026
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  Conspiracy Theories
  
  Peter Duesberg is dead, but his legacy of AIDS denial lives on in Joe Rogan
  
  Michael Marshall - 10th April 2026
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  The Italian electoral abstention, and the self-fulfilling conspiracy theory plot
  
  Allegra Brachini - 25th March 2026
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  Venezuelan “birtherism”: the nationalistic movement to delegitimise Nicolás Maduro
  
  Gabriel Andrade - 6th March 2026
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  What the ‘Epstein Files’ tell us about conspiracy theories – and about skeptics
  
  Michael Marshall - 16th February 2026
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  Taylor Swift isn’t “MAGA-coded”, she is a lightning rod for conspiracist grievances
  
  Dave Hahn - 2nd February 2026
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  Religion
  
  ‘God: The Science, The Evidence, The Dawn of a Revolution’… and underwhelming apologetics
  
  Aaron Rabinowitz - 6th May 2026
  
  Religion
  
  For a truly global humanist movement, we need an International Humanist Institute
  
  Leo Igwe - 4th May 2026
  
  Bad PR
  
  The ‘Quiet Revival’ in British religiosity was only ever a statistical mirage
  
  Michael Marshall - 1st May 2026
  
  Religion
  
  Are you sure that’s what they said? Down the rabbit hole of academic citations
  
  Andrew Shail - 13th April 2026
  
  Religion
  
  Why aliens look like demons to US Vice President JD Vance
  
  Gabriel Andrade - 8th April 2026
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  Richard Dawkins and AI: the lights are on, but nobody’s home
  
  Mike Hall - 8th May 2026
  
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  For all the claims of governments and Big Tech, cybersecurity is far from scientific
  
  Andy Farnell - 27th April 2026
  
  Psychology
  
  In a world of eight billion unique minds, what even is ‘neurotypical’, anyway?
  
  Richard Glover - 20th April 2026
  
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  The Starbucks ‘Sippy Lid’ and the marketing doublespeak of greenwashing
  
  Suyeon Jung - 27th March 2026
  
  Technology
  
  The Sword of Durandal – the wholly impossible “Quantum Navigation Device”
  
  Cameron Coward - 18th March 2026
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The Skeptic Podcast - 30th May 2025

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The Skeptic Podcast - 23rd May 2025

Featuring articles from Chris French (January 2021), Jonathan Jarry (January 2024), Carlos Orsi and Natália Pasternak (January 2021), Sean Slater (March 2024)

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The Skeptic Podcast - 16th May 2025

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The Skeptic Podcast - 25th April 2025

Featuring articles by Paul Duncan McGarrity (November 2020), Kat Ford (January 2024), Deborah Hyde (January 2021), Aaron Rabinowitz (November 2024)

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The Skeptic Podcast - 18th April 2025

Featuring articles by Brian Eggo & Matt Kemp (December 2020), Peter Panayi (November 2020), Mark Horne (March 2024), and Aaron Rabinowitz (November 2020)

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