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Netflix’s Seaspiracy, and how to spot misinformation in glossy documentaries

Sarah Hearne -
Seaspiracy is just the latest example of a documentary using style and glossy production to hide the fact that it's peddling misinformation
Science

Recovering memories: How the Satanic Panic led to false reports of horrific abuse

Chris French -
The 1980s saw a rise in belief that Satanic ritual abuse was everywhere - however, the real problems were false memories and moral panic
Science

Falsification: Karl Popper’s guide to telling real science from pseudoscience

Jonny Thomson -
According to Popper's Falsification, a proposition, theory or hypothesis is only as strong as how far it can resist falsifying evidence.
Science

Coping with Death: Why the 5 stages of grief don’t tell the whole story

Sarah Hearne -
The five stages of grief are a overly simplistic representation of the grieving process, and one that was never intended by their creator
Alternative Medicine

Romance in the stones? The power of crystals vs the power of suggestion

Chris French -
Crystal healing continues to undergo a resurgence in popularity, but when put to the test, believers can't tell the difference between a real crystal or a fake
Science

University of Liverpool’s proposed redundancies raise serious red flags for academia

Alice Howarth -
Plans to make 47 researchers redundant based on potentially unclear and unreasonable metrics have seen the University of Liverpool draw criticism from across the academic community
Science

The ‘scientist as lone genius’ is a myth that obscures real stories of scientific discovery

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
Science communication that focuses on lone geniuses making accidental discoveries can prime the public to accept quacks masquerading as mavericks
Science

Species, Individual, Gender – biology and taxonomy don’t deal in black and white

Sarah Hearne -
We can try to define biological traits though simple catch-all labels, but nature is always much more complex in reality
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