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Superficial empowerment: the hidden cost of TikTok’s skincare obsession
Olivia Olin
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23rd February 2026
Alternative Medicine
The dangers of flawed clinical trials
Edzard Ernst
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18th February 2026
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Controversy over Afro-Brazilian practices exposes the Brazilian alt-med glass ceiling
Carlos Orsi
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19th January 2026
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If pseudoscience actually worked, scientists would be first in line to profit
Slava Amanatski
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8th December 2025
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From the archives: the ‘Synchro-Energiser’ – a pseudoscientific panacea?
Michael Heap
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4th November 2025
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How arbitrary decisions become dogma in healthcare
André Bacchi
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9th February 2026
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No, a study didn’t show oat milk and veganism will make you depressed
Michael Marshall
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30th January 2026
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Alcohol is linked to developing cancer, but we should weigh up our risks accurately
Alice Howarth
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26th January 2026
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Hot and Bovaer-ed: using animal methane inhibitors to tackle greenhouse emissions
Robyn Lowe
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21st January 2026
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Physiotherapy is almost as pseudoscientific as osteopathy and chiropractic
Paul Ingraham
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11th December 2025
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The “Greatest Ghost Sighting ever”: the Grey Lady of the Theatre Royal, Bath
Andy Owens
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13th February 2026
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Catching Killers, Not Curses: how to investigate Africa’s ‘Money Ritual’ crimes
Keith K Silika
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Sani K Bayero
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28th January 2026
UFOs
Exploring the Archives for the Unexplained
Mark Horne
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23rd January 2026
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Exploring the limits of skepticism. Part 3: The value of adversarial collaborations
Chris French
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16th January 2026
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How did psychics fare with their predictions for 2025?
Michael Marshall
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5th January 2026
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What the ‘Epstein Files’ tell us about conspiracy theories – and about skeptics
Michael Marshall
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16th February 2026
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Taylor Swift isn’t “MAGA-coded”, she is a lightning rod for conspiracist grievances
Dave Hahn
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2nd February 2026
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How word games and folk etymology feed into fringe beliefs
Mark Horne
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15th December 2025
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Why do people ignore evidence, and what actually changes minds?
Zion Lights
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5th December 2025
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Phantom Time Hypothesis – the supposedly ‘missing’ fortnight in 1752
Mike Hall
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5th November 2025
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Intellectual humility doesn’t require us to be open to absolutely anything being true
Aaron Rabinowitz
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4th February 2026
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The Daily Mail guide to twisting the facts on vehicle emissions
Brian Eggo
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14th January 2026
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The Humanist Enabling Life Project – supporting victims of sharia attacks
Leo Igwe
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12th January 2026
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Vladimir Putin’s insistence on pseudoscience is more than just propaganda
Slava Amanatski
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9th January 2026
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Camp Quest UK returns, offering a secular space for families to explore
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Dimethyl sulfide from space – a sign of extraterrestrial life, or something else?
Georgy Kurakin
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20th February 2026
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The dangers of flawed clinical trials
Edzard Ernst
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18th February 2026
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The digital doppelgänger: how algorithms decide who we become
Dion Stephan Baldsing
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11th February 2026
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How arbitrary decisions become dogma in healthcare
André Bacchi
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9th February 2026
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Generative AI is only a threat to writers if they’re not paid for the use of their work
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6th February 2026
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Reform UK win 2025 Rusty Razor award for worst pseudoscience of the year
Michael Marshall
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25th October 2025
Nigel Farage's political party, Reform UK, has been named The Skeptic's 'Rusty Razor' award winner for worst pseudoscience of 2025
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Dr Cyriac Abby Philips wins 2025 Skeptical Activism Ockham award
Michael Marshall
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25th October 2025
Dr Cyriac Abby Philips, an Indian doctor who exposes the harms of alternative medicine, wins the 2025 Ockham Award for Skeptical Activism.
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Unpacking the fear and panic around ultra-processed foods
Maeve Hanan
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24th October 2025
Scaremongering claims about ultra-processed food fill make for eye-catching media headlines - but is fear of the dreaded UPF really evidence-based?
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From the archives: The medium is not the message – fighting crime with psychics
Terry Sanderson
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21st October 2025
From the archives in 1992, The Freethinker's Terry Sanderson examines claims that psychics were used to solve crimes.
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From the archives: Who Invented the Loch Ness Monster?
Steuart Campbell
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14th October 2025
From the archives in 1992, science writer and author Steuart Campbell goes in search of the origin of the Loch Ness legend.
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From the archives: The Silver Man ‘alien’ photo is merely retouched reality
Ole Henningsen
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30th September 2025
From the archives in 1992, Ole Henningsen explains how "The silver man", a famous picture of an ‘alien', is a simple photographic hoax.
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From the archives: A look at paranormal trends in the Soviet Union
Tim Axon
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23rd September 2025
From the archives in 1992, Tim Axon looks at how paranormal beliefs flourished in the the former Soviet Union
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From the archives: Future Imperfect – Psychics’ 1991 predictions fizzle
Robert Sheaffer
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16th September 2025
From the archives in 1992, Robert Sheaffer puts the previous year's psychic predictions to the test and finds them lacking
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