Society

When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.

History

Hollow Earth flying saucers: the bossa-nova of pseudoscience

Carlos Orsi -
The belief in a hollow earth - filled with inhabitants, animals and aliens - can be traced back, in part, to the new-age movement in Brazil
Cryptozoology

Creating a Monster: the case of Eachy, the Wikipedia monster of Bassenthwaite

Charles Paxton -
The online life (and eventual death) of Eachy, the monster of Bassenthwaite lake, shows the potential risk of feedback loops in Wikipedia's citation policies
Ghosts

The mystery of Glastonbury Abbey: On knowing more than we know we know

Chris French -
While the messages at Glastonbury Abbey almost certainly did not come from spirits, a number of studies have shown that they may not have been created by deliberate fraud
Health

Could my boob job really make me ill? Understanding Breast Implant Illness claims

Lana Donaghy -
Patients who believe they are suffering from Breast Implant Illness are often experiencing real symptoms, and we ought to take their concerns seriously
Paranormal

Bizarre double death: spontaneous human combustion, or merely tragic coincidence?

Andy Owens -
Alice Ann Kirby and her little sister Amy died in separate, mysterious fires - some claim spontaneous human combustion explains the double tragedy
Health

MSG and the Chinese Restaurant Syndrome: the persistence of a nutritional myth

Elissar Gerges -
Fears around "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome" and MSG are based on a letter to the New English Journal of Medicine... later revealed to be a hoax
Religion

Robin Dunbar examines the possible evolutionary role of religious thinking

Gabriel Andrade -
Robin Dunbar, the noted evolutionary psychologist, turns his attention to the role of spiritual thinking in his new book "How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures"
Conspiracy Theories

Defending Critical Race Theory is impossible without highlighting the moral panic around it

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Defining Critical Race Theory will do nothing to deter culture war figures from stoking the CRT moral panic - we need to call out their tactics, rather than play into their hands
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