Society
When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.
Does a prohibition-based approach to drugs and disposable vaping make sense?
The government are often swift to ban recreational drugs, even without evidence of harm - but when it comes to disposable vapes, are they right?
From the archives: Creationism and Noah’s Ark – founders on the facts
From the archives in 1987, Stephen Moreton looks at the creationist movement of the time, and the flaws with believing in a literal Noah's Ark
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
From the archives: Magicians, mediums, and psychics
From the archives in 1987, David Alexander reveals of the trade secrets of "psychic" mediums, and the magic tricks they employ.
The strange and deeply unlikely tale of Gef the talking mongoose
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
Blue Pill or Red Pill: the effects of “The Pill Cabinet” and the formation of incel worldviews
Misogynistic and glorifying violence, the incel movement is a misguided reaction to feminism, and the idea that a loss of privilege is a form of oppression
Could ASMR be a possible explanation for some new age and spiritual experiences?
Reports of autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR, bear a striking resemblance to the way some people describe their experience of reiki... and of religion