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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Archive

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
Skepticism

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?
Skepticism

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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