Skepticism

Standing up for skepticism: ten times comedians showed a skeptical side

While plenty of Netflix specials by famous comedians push questionable material, some stand-ups are still out there putting forward a skeptical worldview

From the archives: Bands of Hope – the Sea Band acupressure seasickness cure

From the archives in 1992, Lewis Jones looks at Sea Bands and the small-scale 'trials' behind their claimed success in stopping seasickness

From the archives: Psychic Questing – The People of Hex and Gothic goings on

From the archives in 1992, journalist Lucy Fisher reports from the Psychic Questing Conference, on the new-age movement and its adherents

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.
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