Society

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

Tim Axon - 18th March 2025

From the archives in 1991, Tim Axon on the increased popularity of New Age thought and decreased belief in conventional spirituality

History

Mike Hall - 12th March 2025

DNA analysis claiming that Jack the Ripper was a Polish barber are based less in science and more in our morbid fascination with serial killers

Christopher Allan - 11th March 2025

From the archives in 1991, Christopher Allan reports on the growth in interest at the time in the supposed UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico

Skepticism

Blake Smith - 10th March 2025

The Skeptic says farewell to Joe Nickell, the enormously prolific skeptical writer and investigator, who died last week.

Alternative Medicine

Abigail Kennedy - 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?

HH Trotti - 4th March 2025

From the archives in 1991, HH Trotti puts forth a a new explanation for the famous 'ghost ship', the Marie Celeste

History

Tom Williamson - 3rd March 2025

NATO exists to defend its members – the current wave of misinformation around NATO aggression exists purely to undermine that aim

Chiropractic

Michael Marshall - 28th February 2025

Daniel David Palmer, the inventor of chiropractic, claimed his movement was inspired by spiritual communication with the ghost of a doctor

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