Society

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

Cults

Marcus Yeo Jun Hao - 15th August 2025

Online 'looksmaxxing' communities offer young men dramatic techniques to improve appearances, as quick fixes to deeper personal insecurities.

Climate Change

David Glass - 14th August 2025

The Great Resist meeting, and its touring band of conspiracy theorists, brought their antivax rhetoric and trans-panic messaging to Gateshead

Media

Mike Hall - 11th August 2025

According to legend, Polybius was a highly addictive 1981 arcade game developed by a shadowy game studio called Sinneslöschen... but it didn't exist

Ghosts

Jairus Durnett - 7th August 2025

Leap Castle may be advertised as one of the most haunted buildings in Ireland, but its appeal is its real history, not the made-up ghost tales

Society

Marianne Baker - 6th August 2025

Society should focus less on children's gender – or more accurately, what's in their pants – and more on letting kids be themselves

History

Sean Slater - 30th July 2025

Beloved by horror films and teen sleepovers, the Ouija board has roots in the spiritualist movement and opportunistic toy manufacturers

Science

Natália Pasternak - 28th July 2025

When it comes to genetics, there is far more diversity within race or gender groups than there is between them, with only very few clear exceptions

History

Mark Horne - 14th July 2025

Our assumption that life expectancy in the past was significantly lower doesn't make sense, and is based in a mathematical misunderstanding

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