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Why is Tesco’s free recipe magazine telling me about the health benefits of sea moss?
Alice Howarth
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25th September 2025
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Preventing British Supplements’ health claims isn’t an infringement of free speech
Michael Marshall
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8th September 2025
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Sungazing, or staring directly at the sun, is definitely not good for your health
Alice Howarth
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Looksmaxxing: the pseudoscientific aesthetic answer to young men’s problems
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Ultramarathon runners and cancer risk – results from a preliminary study
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8th October 2025
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Why is Tesco’s free recipe magazine telling me about the health benefits of sea moss?
Alice Howarth
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25th September 2025
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If we take away the statistical quirks and biases, is there any placebo effect left?
Mike Hall
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22nd September 2025
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6th October 2025
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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
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13th October 2025
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Dave Hahn
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10th September 2025
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When the Great Resist conspiracy conference came to the North East
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14th August 2025
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How concerned should we be about the UK’s geoengineering trials?
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8th August 2025
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The amateur activists trying to fight chemtrails… with warmed vinegar
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The sinking of the Titanic wasn’t a crafty insurance con, it was a real tragedy
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Wendy Grossman remembers the late TV presenter John Stapleton
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Beware the groups who use edge cases and social norms to curtail free speech
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29th September 2025
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The Werther effect: a recipe for a 21st-century Children’s Crusade
Tomasz Witkowski
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24th September 2025
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If we take away the statistical quirks and biases, is there any placebo effect left?
Mike Hall
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22nd September 2025
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Wendy Grossman remembers the late TV presenter John Stapleton
Wendy M. Grossman
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7th October 2025
After the death of TV presenter John Stapleton, former editor of The Skeptic Wendy Grossman reflects on meeting Stapleton on air in 1992
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Can taking in polarised news sources help us navigate complex media stories?
Peter Dawson
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26th September 2025
Ground News promises to help us get to truth by accessing a wider set of viewpoints – but truth isn't always found at the mid-point of two extremes
Media
Standing up for skepticism: ten times comedians showed a skeptical side
Brian Eggo
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12th September 2025
While plenty of Netflix specials by famous comedians push questionable material, some stand-ups are still out there putting forward a skeptical worldview
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Polybius: the legendary video game that never actually existed
Mike Hall
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11th August 2025
According to legend, Polybius was a highly addictive 1981 arcade game developed by a shadowy game studio called Sinneslöschen... but it didn't exist
Flat Earth
Dear people of TikTok: I, the editor of The Skeptic, am obviously not a flat earther
Michael Marshall
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10th July 2025
Millions of TikTokers viewed claims that all pilots know the earth is flat... except, I'm the person in the videos, and that's not what I said
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Social media’s mental health advice is no substitute for therapy
Celine Ong
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3rd July 2025
Social media is overflowing with mental health discourse and therapy language, but none of it is a substitute speaking to a qualified professional
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Older Men Wanted… Are ‘age-gap’ relationships really on the rise?
Dave Hahn
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16th June 2025
Articles across the media talked of a rise in so-called 'age-gap relationships' – but we should be wary of narratives that appeal to our biases
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Journalism relies on expert voices – AI is only going to make that harder
Michael Marshall
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13th June 2025
Our media demands quotes from experts to add context and authenticity to a story - it isn't ready for a world where expertise is instant... and fake
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