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  The high price of anti-science paranoia and fake cancer-cure conspiracies
  
  André Bacchi - 23rd March 2026
  
  Alternative Medicine
  
  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
  
  Alternative Medicine
  
  The dangers of flawed clinical trials
  
  Edzard Ernst - 18th February 2026
  
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  Controversy over Afro-Brazilian practices exposes the Brazilian alt-med glass ceiling
  
  Carlos Orsi - 19th January 2026
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  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
  
  Nutrition
  
  No, a study didn’t show oat milk and veganism will make you depressed
  
  Michael Marshall - 30th January 2026
  
  Cancer
  
  Alcohol is linked to developing cancer, but we should weigh up our risks accurately
  
  Alice Howarth - 26th January 2026
  
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  Hot and Bovaer-ed: using animal methane inhibitors to tackle greenhouse emissions
  
  Robyn Lowe - 21st January 2026
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  Ed and Lorraine Warren: past masters of paranormal self-promotion
  
  Michael Marshall - 20th March 2026
  
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  The influence of sci-fi media on Zimbabwe’s Ariel School UFO sightings
  
  Gideon Reid - 16th March 2026
  
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  The “Greatest Ghost Sighting ever”: the Grey Lady of the Theatre Royal, Bath
  
  Andy Owens - 13th February 2026
  
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  Catching Killers, Not Curses: how to investigate Africa’s ‘Money Ritual’ crimes
  
  Keith K Silika, Sani K Bayero - 28th January 2026
  
  UFOs
  
  Exploring the Archives for the Unexplained
  
  Mark Horne - 23rd January 2026
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  Venezuelan “birtherism”: the nationalistic movement to delegitimise Nicolás Maduro
  
  Gabriel Andrade - 6th March 2026
  
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  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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  How word games and folk etymology feed into fringe beliefs
  
  Mark Horne - 15th December 2025
  
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  Why do people ignore evidence, and what actually changes minds?
  
  Zion Lights - 5th December 2025
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  75 Smart, ‘Knowledgemaxxing’, and the anxiety around social media ‘brain rot’
  
  Abigail Kennedy - 13th March 2026
  
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  Scotland’s recent rise in sex crimes is almost certainly not linked to immigration
  
  Brian Eggo - 11th March 2026
  
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  Venezuelan “birtherism”: the nationalistic movement to delegitimise Nicolás Maduro
  
  Gabriel Andrade - 6th March 2026
  
  Alternative Medicine
  
  Rights over regulation? The moral case against legalised snake oil
  
  Aaron Rabinowitz - 4th March 2026
  
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  Intellectual humility doesn’t require us to be open to absolutely anything being true
  
  Aaron Rabinowitz - 4th February 2026
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  The Sword of Durandal – the wholly impossible “Quantum Navigation Device”
  
  Cameron Coward - 18th March 2026
  
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  Machine learning without critical thinking only encourages tech pseudoscience
  
  Richard Glover - 9th March 2026
  
  Space
  
  Dimethyl sulfide from space – a sign of extraterrestrial life, or something else?
  
  Georgy Kurakin - 20th February 2026
  
  Alternative Medicine
  
  The dangers of flawed clinical trials
  
  Edzard Ernst - 18th February 2026
  
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  The digital doppelgänger: how algorithms decide who we become
  
  Dion Stephan Baldsing - 11th February 2026
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Dimethyl sulfide from space – a sign of extraterrestrial life, or something else?

Georgy Kurakin - 20th February 2026

In April, astronomers detected the presence of dimethyl sulfide on an planet K2-18b, amid speculation that it might be signs of extraterrestrial life

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From the archives: A comet’s tale

Mark Duwe - 11th July 2012

From the archives in 2012, Mark Duwe takes a look at a comet in the sky, and the appearances of comets throughout history

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The Skeptic Podcast – Episode 056

20th March 2026

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