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Meeting the burden of evidence: How homeopathy is like plate tectonics… and how it differs
Mark Horne
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28th September 2026
Cancer
Ivermectin is a genuinely great drug, but there’s no good evidence it can treat cancer
Jack Lawrence
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21st August 2026
Alternative Medicine
Causality: how to prove it scientifically, and why it matters
Edzard Ernst
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17th August 2026
Alternative Medicine
From growing basil to curing disease, pseudoscientists find support in the Qur’an
Stefano Bigliardi
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22nd July 2026
Alternative Medicine
Aromatherapy, the NHS maternity crisis, and the obsession with “natural” birth
Michael Marshall
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24th June 2026
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Denialism as health policy: case study of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr
Seth C. Kalichman
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9th October 2026
Nutrition
AG1 from Athletic Greens are arguably the Lazarus of nutritional supplements
Bronwyn Rideout
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7th October 2026
Nutrition
With the increasing awareness of menopause symptoms comes a rush by supplement companies to cash in
Katrina Borthwick
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23rd September 2026
Cancer
Ivermectin is a genuinely great drug, but there’s no good evidence it can treat cancer
Jack Lawrence
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21st August 2026
Veterinary Medicine
Get a longer little doggy: can we really double our dog’s lifespan?
Robyn Lowe
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20th July 2026
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Samalia Bala’s arrest in Nigeria for witchcraft is a travesty – he must be released immediately
Leo Igwe
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5th October 2026
Cults
Helena Blavatsky, the psychic founder of Theosophy and Russian mother of the New Age movement
Michael Marshall
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4th September 2026
UFOs
The seemingly impossible task of getting access to Ariel School’s ‘Impossible Archive’
Gideon Reid
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31st July 2026
Parapsychology
Extraordinary claims, modest evidence: reincarnation, and the limits of parapsychology
Gabriel Andrade
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27th July 2026
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The underwhelming reality of the White House’s own ‘Disclosure Day’
Dave Hahn
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17th July 2026
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President Bukele’s head of marketing Lina Seiche uses misleading techniques to sell autocracy online
Ed Hewitt
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21st September 2026
Flat Earth
The Power of the Flat Earth Idea: A distinctive historical perspective on a proverbially absurd belief
Glenn Branch
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11th September 2026
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Reptoids and lizard-like rulers: who truly owns a conspiracy theory?
Dave Hahn
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26th August 2026
Conspiracy Theories
The conspiracy theorists who now hold local council seats across the UK
Brian Eggo
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26th June 2026
Conspiracy Theories
Bill Hicks embodied all the good and bad of High Weirdness
Aaron Rabinowitz
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3rd June 2026
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Our universe is not just a computer simulation, but try telling that to the billionaires of Big Tech
Michael Marshall
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12th October 2026
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Everything I wish you didn’t need to know about race science and so-called “race realists”
James Klock
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2nd October 2026
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Socialwashing: How fair is ‘Fair Trade’, and how is the average consumer meant to know?
Thomas van Haaren
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30th September 2026
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President Bukele’s head of marketing Lina Seiche uses misleading techniques to sell autocracy online
Ed Hewitt
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21st September 2026
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The network pushing extremism at the University of Cambridge – and why it should matter to skeptics
Michael Marshall
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18th September 2026
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Our universe is not just a computer simulation, but try telling that to the billionaires of Big Tech
Michael Marshall
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12th October 2026
Extremism
Everything I wish you didn’t need to know about race science and so-called “race realists”
James Klock
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2nd October 2026
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Why it is reasonable to label Nathan Cofnas’ race realism as pseudoscientific
Pieter Beck
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25th September 2026
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The longevity protocol of dasatinib and quercetin has shown some promise… but so far, only in mice
Brian Goncus
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16th September 2026
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The Turing test is no longer fit for purpose – we need a new benchmark for machine intelligence
Richard Glover
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14th September 2026
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Act Without Hope: charitable giving, effective altruism, and the life you can save
Julian Baggini
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10th January 2011
From the archive in 2011, philosopher Julian Baggini reflects on charitable giving and what moral obligation we have to help others
Archive
The Carrington Event and massive solar storms: just how screwed are we?
Mark Duwe
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10th January 2011
From the archives, Mark Duwe ponders the Carrington Event, and the effect that a massive solar event would have on the Earth
Archive
Technophobia: Facebook and computers cause cancer; typewriters apparently don’t
Mark Williams
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9th January 2011
From the archives in 2011, Mark Williams looks at media scaremongering around technology being to blame for social ills
Archive
Free Will? The role of remorse and rehabilitation within the justice system
Michael Heap
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8th January 2011
From the archives in 2011, Mike Heap examines why we feel remorse is so necessary to the rehabilitation of prisoners, especially if free will is an illusion
Archive
When The Skeptic came of age: a 2011 reflection on the first 21 years of the magazine
Wendy M. Grossman
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7th January 2011
From the archives in 2011, Wendy M Grossman, founding editor of The Skeptic, reflects on the first 21 years of the magazine’s life
Archive
James Randi in 2011, on mortality, Project Alpha, Peter Popoff and so much more…
Chris French
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5th January 2011
From the archives in 2011, and following 2010's Evening with James Randi and Friends, Chris French took a moment to sit down with Randi
Archive
From the archive: Can Science Accommodate Psychic Experience?
Jon Wainwright
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4th January 2011
From the archives in 2011, Jon Wainwright reflects on whether a paradigm shift within physics could explain psi and psychic experiences
Archive
From the archives: There isn’t one single purpose for a university, or for education
Julian Baggini
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2nd January 2011
From the archives in 2011, Julian Baggini looks at the role of a university, and the many different values that come with education
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