Media
Electronic advertising is a climate crime that makes our public spaces more hostile
The giant screen at Euston Station boasts of saving energy, while using more electricity than the average street, just to serve us adverts we didn't consent to see
The Wikipedia conspiracy that wasn’t; or, why Wikipedia says Roswell was a balloon
UFO believers claim a grand CIA-funded conspiracy is hiding the truth about UFOs on Wikipedia, but editors of the world's largest encylopaedia are just following the site's rules
Dragons’ Den has a quackery problem that goes far beyond ear seeds
While recent attention has understandably been on Dragons' Den's promotion of ME/cfs quackery, the BBC show's flirtation with pseudoscience runs much deeper
Dragons’ Den’s uncritical promotion of ear seeds is an insult to ME/cfs patients like me
The Dragons' Den Acu Seeds debacle shows how understandably desperate ME/cfs are - and how vulnerable to misinformation from authoritative sources
A skeptic goes to drama school: acting traditions, superstitions, and pseudoscience
The world of drama is filled with all manner of superstitions, unusual traditions and strange beliefs - some harmless, but others far less so
G marks the Spot: when it comes to celebrity endorsements, the truth is still out there
Disappointment over Gillian Anderson's recent foray into nutritional woo shows how attached we can become to a well-cultivated celebrity persona
Ten times the unexpected appearance of pseudoscience ruined entertainment
Few things can interrupt your enjoyment of a film or TV show like an unexpected endorsement of pseudoscience - here's our top 10 worst woo-turns
The Sound of Freedom: thinking of the children shouldn’t stop us from thinking rationally
Our modern concern for children has been exploited by activists and politicians, like the QAnon-adjacent makers of The Sound of Freedom
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