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

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

Wendy M. Grossman -
From the archives in 1991, Wendy Grossman considers the various efforts to irrigate the USA's driest regions over the years
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Just one paragraph: expressing complexity in academic prose

Andrew Shail -
While conventional writing rules favour short, digestible paragraphs, should academics not shy away from going long with a complex subject?
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The Ockham Awards 2025: recognising the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience

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

Wendy M. Grossman -
From the archives in 1991, Wendy Grossman debunks 'Brainsex', which argues for biological differences between male and female brains
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From the archives: Spirits at Large – a skeptical visit to a spiritualist church

Lucy Fisher -
From the archives in 1991, Lucy Fisher visits her local spiritualist church and is underwhelmed by the shows of clairvoyance
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Teaching Nigerian primary school children the importance of asking questions

Leo Igwe -
Instead of traditional rote learning and memorising, the questionstorm project encourages children to explore by asking questions
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From the archives: Why don’t creationists talk about sex?

Donald Rooum -
From the archives in 1991, Donald Rooum ponders why creationists are so loathe to discuss their designer's grand plan for reproduction
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