Society

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

History

Back-masking: you can’t always hear what you want

Sean Slater -
During the Satanic Panic, paranoia that rock music included sinister messages via 'back-masking' made it all the way into the courtroom
Environmentalism

Rawson’s “Human/Nature” challenges mainstream ideas about conservation

Ted Lefroy -
"Human/Nature", by Jane Rawson - past Environment Editor at The Conversation - offers some confronting questions from a lifelong conservationist
Paranormal

A brief history of The Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit

Chris French -
After decades researching parapsychology and testing paranormal claims, the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmith's closed it's doors for the final time in 2024.
History

DNA analysis almost certainly hasn’t just solved the mystery of Jack the Ripper

Mike Hall -
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
Skepticism

Joe Nickell, legendary skeptical investigator, dies at the age of 80

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

Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar shows the shameless reality of Belle Gibson’s fraud

Abigail Kennedy -
In Apple Cider Vinegar, Netflix approaches Belle Gibson's cancer fraud with a skeptical eye – so why can't they treat Goop the same?
History

NATO was created to ensure peace – disinformation seeks to undermine that

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

A psychic child bride and ghostly inspiration: the invention of chiropractic

Michael Marshall -
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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