History
The Rothschild family, and the modern conspiracy theory industry
For 200 years, antisemitic conspiracy theories have centred on one Jewish family in particular: The Rothschilds. A new book, 'Jewish Space Lasers', looks at why that family became a target for conspiracists.
The real story behind those crystal skulls Indiana Jones went looking for
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull may have disappointed, but the crystal skulls are real, and their history is fascinating
Regality in the modern world: can a skeptic be a monarchist?
As the world watched on at the coronation of Charles Windsor, it's reasonable to ask: is there still a role for monarchy in the modern world?
What really happened in the case of the Great Seattle Windshield Mystery of 1954?
When residents of a small town near Seattle began to notice mysterious dents in their car windscreens, a full-scale panic was born - but was it real?
Rumford Place: the Liverpool monument still celebrating slavery and the US confederacy
Buried deep in Liverpool's business district stands the city's surprisingly-recent tributes to the losing side of the US Civil War - complete with plaques celebrating the confederacy
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
Which is witch? How modern witches differ from the women who had the label thrust upon them
The self-labelled 'witches' of modern religious movements may a share little more than a name with the powerless victims of historic witch-hunts
Thoroughgoing scepticism: applying a critical thinking toolset, and following the evidence
Whether it comes to the Loch Ness Monster, UFOs, the historicity or Jesus or the proposed solutions to the climate crisis, it's important for skeptics to follow the evidence
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