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Chiropractic

A psychic child bride and ghostly inspiration: the invention of chiropractic

Michael Marshall -
Daniel David Palmer, the inventor of chiropractic, claimed his movement was inspired by spiritual communication with the ghost of a doctor
History

Huge social media accounts glorify ancient architecture, while whitewashing the past

Mark Horne -
Social media accounts dedicated to ancient architecture too often glorifying the building while ignoring the circumstances of its construction
History

Faking the faking of fake news, 1910 style: the ‘death’ of film star Florence Lawrence

Andrew Shail -
Fake news is nothing new - film promoters have known for over a century that successfully selling a fake news story takes a degree of cunning
History

The 2024 Olympics ceremony raises the spectre of pagan influence on the origins of Christianity

Gabriel Andrade -
Christians offended by their misinterpretation of the Olympics opening ceremony are clearly ignorant of the pagan influences on their religion
History

The Satanic Panic and the McMartin pre-school trial

Sean Slater -
In 1983, lurid and extreme tales of abuse emerged from a pre-school in California; the allegations were false, as was the rest of the Satanic Panic
Bad PR

How many young people deny the Holocaust? The truth might actually surprise you

Michael Marshall -
Recent news stories declared that a fifth of all young Americans believe the Holocaust is a myth - however the finding owed more to online polling weaknesses than to antisemitism
History

The history of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations and European Skeptics Congress

Amardeo Sarma, Michael Heap -
Since 1989, skeptics from across Europe have collaborated to organise the European Skeptics Congress - this year sees the 20th event, in Lyon, France.
History

The strange and deeply unlikely tale of Gef the talking mongoose

Sean Slater -
Gef the talking mongoose - supernatural resident of an Isle of Man farmhouse - is legendary in skeptical lore... even if he was merely the invention of a 13 year old girl
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