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Climate Change

Why the climate change deniers’ argument that “CO2 is simply plant food” doesn’t stand up

Trevor Sloughter - 5th August 2022

The idea that rising CO2 levels are good, because CO2 is plant food, is a cop-out by climate change deniers designed to shut down scientific discourse.

Conspiracy Theories

Nikola Tesla and the cult of the mysterious genius

Mark Horne - 20th June 2022

In the decades since his death, Nikola Tesla has taken on a mythical status among his devoted followers, who attribute to him all manner of groundbreaking - and ultimately suppressed - inventions

Alternative Medicine

Being Reasonable: what we can learn from people who hold fringe beliefs

Michael Marshall - 6th June 2022

When it comes to engaging with fringe beliefs, it's important to remember that people don't change their mind overnight, or based on one conversation

Paranormal

When it comes to the paranormal, do ‘sheep’ and ‘goats’ think differently? It looks like they do

Chris French - 3rd June 2022

A new systematic review examining cognitive functions and paranormal belief raises a few questions as to which papers were included, and why some were exclude

Climate Change

Jordan Peterson, climate change, and the many definitions of a scientific model

Trevor Sloughter - 2nd May 2022

Celebrity psychologist and podcaster Jordan Peterson's views on climate change show a fundamental misunderstanding of scientific models

Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of the Dying Brain

Jason Braithwaite - 12th April 2022

From the archives, Jason J Braithwaite offers an in-depth analysis and critique of the survivalist’s neuroscience of near-death experiences

Health

Could lucid dreaming be the answer to avoiding persistent, recurring nightmares?

Jasmine Loh - 31st March 2022

Learning how to consciously control and alter your dream environment through lucid dreaming may offer relief to sufferers of recurrent nightmares

Climate Change

Greenwashing won’t wash – fossil fuel companies need to take real action on climate change

Matt Winning - 30th March 2022

It's not enough for fossil fuel companies to publicly step away from climate change denial - they need to take responsibility, and take action to avert a climate catastrophe

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Rhyme and Reason – Magnetic quackery

Fighting health misinformation can save lives, and stop vulnerable people being exploited

The Get Well show proved that for its fans, even when pseudoscience fails, it succeeds

As pet owners increasingly turn to CBD products, do claims match the evidence?

The Mail Online declared arsenic a “miracle cure for cancer” – I’ll wait to see some evidence

Conspiracy theories give the illusion of control, in a system that leaves people feeling powerless

The Get Well show proved that for its fans, even when pseudoscience fails, it succeeds

As pet owners increasingly turn to CBD products, do claims match the evidence?

Del Bigtree’s Better Way conference seeks to turn Covid conspiracists into full-on anti-vaxxers

Abortion isn’t murder – despite their rhetoric, even the American religious right know it

The Hairy Hands of Devon: how a tabloid tale spiraled into a full-blown urban legend

Philosopher’s Corner: why people continue to see underwhelming psychics

The mystery of Glastonbury Abbey: Messages from the other side?

“Miracles Today?” A Medical Critique of Craig Keener’s miracle claims

Could Loch Ness Monster sightings really be attributed to an aroused whale penis?

Conspiracy theories give the illusion of control, in a system that leaves people feeling powerless

Another mass shooting in America cites the Great Replacement conspiracy theory as motivation

Nikola Tesla and the cult of the mysterious genius

Del Bigtree’s Better Way conference seeks to turn Covid conspiracists into full-on anti-vaxxers

Being Reasonable: what we can learn from people who hold fringe beliefs

Rhyme and Reason – Magnetic quackery

Anti-vaxxers and pro-Russia conspiracy theorists are both driven first of all by attitude

The Hairy Hands of Devon: how a tabloid tale spiraled into a full-blown urban legend

My abortion was absolutely the right decision – but I wish I’d known what to expect

Philosopher’s Corner: why people continue to see underwhelming psychics

Why the climate change deniers’ argument that “CO2 is simply plant food” doesn’t stand up

Nikola Tesla and the cult of the mysterious genius

Being Reasonable: what we can learn from people who hold fringe beliefs

When it comes to the paranormal, do ‘sheep’ and ‘goats’ think differently? It looks like they do

Jordan Peterson, climate change, and the many definitions of a scientific model

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Why the climate change deniers’ argument that “CO2 is simply plant food” doesn’t stand up

Conspiracy theories give the illusion of control, in a system that leaves people feeling powerless

Rhyme and Reason – Magnetic quackery

Anti-vaxxers and pro-Russia conspiracy theorists are both driven first of all by attitude

Fighting health misinformation can save lives, and stop vulnerable people being exploited

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