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From the archives: Hypnosis and the Occult

From the archives in 1990, H.B. Gibson debunks the links between hypnotism and the occult, and puts forward his own contemporary understanding of hypnotism

From the archives: What is Hypnosis?

From the archives in 1990, Lewis Jones takes a skeptical look at the history of hypnotism, and the studies that sought to understand it

From the archives: The 1988 Nullarbor UFO Mystery – Solved

From the archives, A.T. Brunt examines the January 1988 reports of UFO sightings over Australia's Nullarbor region.

IQ tests continue to flourish, in spite of inherent biases, because we so badly want to feel special

From the archives in 1989, Wendy Grossman looks at a recent stunt by Mensa to identify Britain's brightest children, and why intelligence tests favour the demographic of their authors

From the archives: The many traditions of Christmas that are now lost to history

From the archives in 1989, Toby Howard reminds us of long-forgotten Christmas traditions - like burning the Yule log, wearing animal disguises, and "The Devil's Knell".

Folklore and rituals say so much about society, even if the superstition behind them isn’t true

From the archives in 1989, Toby Howard looks at the role of ritual and folklore in society, and asks whether we should separate them from superstition

From the archives: Perpetuum mobile – the fruitless search for perpetual motion

From the archives in 1989, Anthony Garrett looks at the popular quests to uncover perpetual motion - and why they always came up empty

From the archive: Pyramids, pyramyths and pyramidiots

From the archive in 1989, former president of Australian Skeptics Barry Williams examines the mystical claims for pyramid power
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