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Are nanoparticles a turning point for homeopathy? Don’t count on it
Edzard Ernst
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27th October 2025
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Why is Tesco’s free recipe magazine telling me about the health benefits of sea moss?
Alice Howarth
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25th September 2025
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Preventing British Supplements’ health claims isn’t an infringement of free speech
Michael Marshall
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8th September 2025
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Sungazing, or staring directly at the sun, is definitely not good for your health
Alice Howarth
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Looksmaxxing: the pseudoscientific aesthetic answer to young men’s problems
Marcus Yeo Jun Hao
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Maeve Hanan
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24th October 2025
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Stefan Lanka, virus denialism, and proving science in the courtroom
Serdar Basegmez
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10th October 2025
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Ultramarathon runners and cancer risk – results from a preliminary study
Alice Howarth
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8th October 2025
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Why is Tesco’s free recipe magazine telling me about the health benefits of sea moss?
Alice Howarth
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25th September 2025
Placebo Effect
If we take away the statistical quirks and biases, is there any placebo effect left?
Mike Hall
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22nd September 2025
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Deborah Hyde
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31st October 2025
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From the archives:Â The medium is not the message – fighting crime with psychics
Terry Sanderson
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21st October 2025
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UFO claims take centre stage at National Congress of Brazil hearing
João Lucas da Silva
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20th October 2025
Superstition
Are scholars legitimising witch hunting in post-colonial Africa?
Leo Igwe
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17th October 2025
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The normalisation of superstition and human sacrifice in Indian society
Akshit Mishra
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15th October 2025
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Predictive Programming: why conspiracists scour pop culture for sinister clues
Dave Hahn
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29th October 2025
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The sinking of the Titanic wasn’t a crafty insurance con, it was a real tragedy
Mike Hall
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13th October 2025
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Schrödinger’s Client List: why the Epstein conspiracy theory will not go away
Dave Hahn
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10th September 2025
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When the Great Resist conspiracy conference came to the North East
David Glass
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14th August 2025
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How concerned should we be about the UK’s geoengineering trials?
Michael Marshall
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Halloween for Skeptics: ‘Monsters on the Couch’ by Brian Sharpless
Deborah Hyde
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31st October 2025
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From the archives: Brainwashing a skeptic – escaping from a frightening cult
Arthur Chappell
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28th October 2025
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Reform UK win 2025 Rusty Razor award for worst pseudoscience of the year
Michael Marshall
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25th October 2025
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Dr Cyriac Abby Philips wins 2025 Skeptical Activism Ockham award
Michael Marshall
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25th October 2025
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There are serious ethical implications to sexualising AI chatbots
Aaron Rabinowitz
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22nd October 2025
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Stefan Lanka, virus denialism, and proving science in the courtroom
Serdar Basegmez
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10th October 2025
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Peter Thiel’s Antichrist: when apocalyptic myths meet Silicon Valley
Gabriel Andrade
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29th September 2025
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The Werther effect: a recipe for a 21st-century Children’s Crusade
Tomasz Witkowski
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24th September 2025
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Mike Hall
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22nd September 2025
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Mrs Gaskell’s Elephant: the true story of a hoax
Chris Willis
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23rd January 2002
From the archives, Chris Willis writes about a hoax elephant story which fooled several experts on nineteenth-century culture.
9/11
Nostradamus and 9/11: picking apart the proposed prophecy
David Hambling
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1st October 2001
From the archives, David Hambling takes a look at the predictions of Nostradamus in relation to the tragic events that took place in America on September 11th 2001
Archive
Reinventing the Past: Why rely on orthodox historical study when you can invent your own?
Rachel Carthy
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1st September 2001
From the archives, Rachel Carthy looks at the burgeoning free-for-all she calls cryptohistory
Archive
From the archive:Â Virgin Mary ‘appears’ in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Hilary Evans
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2nd July 1991
From the archives in 1991, Hilary Evans examines the claims that the Virgin Mary appeared to teenagers in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1981.
Archive
From the archives:Â a chat with James Randi, the charming charlatan
Steve Donnelly
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1st July 1991
From the archives in 1991, Steve Donnelly sits down with skeptic, magician, atheist and charlatan, James 'The Amazing' Randi
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From the archive: Scientology is more dangerous than we might think
Allen Hunt
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4th May 1991
From the archives in 1991, Allen Hunt responds to coverage of Scientology, arguing that the cult is more dangerous than people may have thought
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From the archive: Sharp Blades or Sharp Practice? Czechoslovakian pyramid power
Harry Edwards
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3rd May 1991
From the archives in 1991, Harry Edwards examines claims of the mysterious and miraculous power of pyramids, from then Czechoslovakia
Archive
From the archive: Should we take paranormal claims seriously?
Lewis Jones
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2nd May 1991
From the archives in 1991, Lewis Jones outlines some reasons not to test psychics or take paranormal claims seriously
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