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The myth of the well-filled slate: we shouldn’t discount the influence of society on our lives
Twenty years after Steven Pinker's "The Blank Slate", we should be wary of those who make claims about innate traits that separate nature from nurture
Fictional impressions: the shaky foundations of many common forensic science techniques
TV crime shows have made us all very aware of forensic analysis of hair, DNA samples and fingerprints - but do we overstate its usefulness?
Could AI generated summaries of scientific consensus help tackle disinformation?
Summaries of the scientific consensus, generated quickly by artificial intelligence might offer new hope in beating a key part of the ‘Tobacco Playbook’ on science denialism
The Transparent Psi Project: the results are in, so where are all the headlines?
Daryl Bem's precognition studies made worldwide headlines in 2011 - yet it's easy to predict proof Bem's work was flawed won't get the same attention
15 minute cities: the latest big bad of the conspiracy theory ecosystem
Why did 15 minute cities go from a niche town planning proposal to a full-blown paranoia? Because existing conspiracist networks needed their next big fear
The Nuremberg salt test: how homeopathy failed one of the earliest ever scientific trials
One of the earliest ever randomised control trials took place in 1835, when skeptical physicians put the new-fangled homeopathy to the test
The science of The Last of Us: should we fear a fungal zombie pandemic?
The hit TV show The Last of Us depicts a world hit by a fungal-caused pandemic that turns the infected to zombies - but could it happen in real life?
Tree planting schemes look fantastic on paper, but they won’t save us from climate change
Mass tree planting schemes are a simple and obvious way to sequester carbon and fight climate change. The only problem is, they almost certainly won't work.
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