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Kind Patches almost certainly aren’t the answer to ADHD focus issues
Alice Howarth
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2nd July 2025
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Navel glazing: the beauty fad of applying castor oil to the belly button
Alice Howarth
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My first experience at a Holistic Health and Healing Expo
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Obstetric emergencies are no place for alternative medicine
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Michael Marshall
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Kind Patches almost certainly aren’t the answer to ADHD focus issues
Alice Howarth
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2nd July 2025
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Hair analysis and bioresonance food sensitivity tests are simply junk science
Brian Eggo
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20th June 2025
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Facts won’t change minds about animal medicine, so should we bother trying?
Robyn Lowe
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2nd June 2025
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Obstetric emergencies are no place for alternative medicine
André Bacchi
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9th June 2025
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Algorithmic Astrology: the digital age of pseudoscience
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19th May 2025
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Nick Garratt
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11th April 2025
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A brief history of The Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit
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26th March 2025
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Leaked footage reveals the ‘psychic’ behind antivaxxer Joseph Mercola
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Aaron Rabinowitz
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23rd May 2025
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12th May 2025
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The Tartarian conspiracy: a silly pseudo-archaeology for our serious times
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4th April 2025
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Who runs the world? According to conspiracy theorists, it’s Beyoncé
Pai Jing Wen
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17th March 2025
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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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Google’s AI promoted unproven mushroom supplement with questionable testimonials
Michael Marshall
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23rd April 2025
Lignosus claims that their mushroom supplement treats COPD – serious claims based on no evidence, yet Google's AI search actively endorsed it
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Do classic science fiction movies undermine understanding of science?
Larry Chan
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14th April 2025
For many, science fiction serves as an entry to a love of science, but could some of the classics of the genre actually be harming science literacy?
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The Truth of Skinwalker Ranch… probably won’t shock you
Nick Garratt
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11th April 2025
Reality TV show The Truth of Skinwalker Ranch goes heavy on the mystery, but the real truths are far more mundane, and almost certainly not alien
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Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar shows the shameless reality of Belle Gibson’s fraud
Abigail Kennedy
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7th March 2025
In Apple Cider Vinegar, Netflix approaches Belle Gibson's cancer fraud with a skeptical eye – so why can't they treat Goop the same?
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How genuine is cultural commentators’ ‘concern’ for OnlyFans model Lily Phillips?
Abigail Kennedy
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22nd January 2025
Lily Phillips slept with 100 men in a day - the performative concern for her from some quarters speaks volumes about a media that has commodified virality
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