Skepticism

From the archives: alternative medicine’s political battle for European recognition

From the archives in 1991, Wim Betz analyses the then-recent ruling by which homeopathic and herbal medicines obtained licenses in EU countries

From the archives: The Summer of ’91 – All you need to know about crop circles

From the archives in 1991, Wessex Skeptics member Martin Hempstead on hoaxing crop circles, and the emergence of the circle-spotter

From the archives: American irritation with irrigation

From the archives in 1991, Wendy Grossman considers the various efforts to irrigate the USA's driest regions over the years

Just one paragraph: expressing complexity in academic prose

While conventional writing rules favour short, digestible paragraphs, should academics not shy away from going long with a complex subject?

The Ockham Awards 2025: recognising the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience

Nominations for the 2025 Ockham Awards are now open, with our annual award for Skeptical Activism and our Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience.

From the archives: ‘Brainsex’, and the folly of sex-based neuroscience

From the archives in 1991, Wendy Grossman debunks 'Brainsex', which argues for biological differences between male and female brains

From the archives: Spirits at Large – a skeptical visit to a spiritualist church

From the archives in 1991, Lucy Fisher visits her local spiritualist church and is underwhelmed by the shows of clairvoyance

Teaching Nigerian primary school children the importance of asking questions

Instead of traditional rote learning and memorising, the questionstorm project encourages children to explore by asking questions
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