Many ritualistic murders in Africa are under-investigated, with evidence written off as superstition, rather than clues as to the perpetrators.
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Hot and Bovaer-ed: using animal methane inhibitors to tackle greenhouse emissions

Dietary modifications like Bovaer could be key to reducing methane emissions from cattle - as long as we communicate clearly to the public about their use.

From the archives: Crop circle hoaxers on trial

From the archives in 1992, Robin Allen delivers an on-the-spot report of a crop circle hoaxing competition

Controversy over Afro-Brazilian practices exposes the Brazilian alt-med glass ceiling

Afro-Brazilian healing traditions are rightfully omitted from Brazilian healthcare systems - and other pseudoscientific treatments should be, too.

Exploring the limits of skepticism. Part 3: The value of adversarial collaborations

Two small trials failed to prove lucid dreaming was real – so why, when analysing their results together, did a significant result emerge?

The Daily Mail guide to twisting the facts on vehicle emissions

A recent study on vehicle emissions in London drove positive headlines in all, but the Daily Mail used all of their creativity to spin it into a political attack

From the archives: The Science of Miracles and the many sides of nature

From the archives in 1992, Eric Stockton, former editor of The Scottish Humanist, looks at modern science, and what constitutes a miracle

The Humanist Enabling Life Project – supporting victims of sharia attacks

The Humanist Enabling Life Project is a compassionate response to sharia amputations, murder, and other faith-based abuses in Nigeria.

Vladimir Putin’s insistence on pseudoscience is more than just propaganda

Putin's pseudoscience is not an aberration, but a way of understanding the world in which science becomes yet another field of geopolitical confrontation.

Camp Quest UK returns, offering a secular space for families to explore

Camp Quest UK provides a freethinking niche for those who may not fit in traditional summer camps, to ask big, small and weird questions.

Putting things into perspective: the fallibility of expert drone spotters

Amid media panics around mysterious drones in the sky, researchers tested whether pilots could tell a nearby drone from a distant plane.

From the archives: Reason, Science and the New Demonology

From the archives in 1992, Andrew Belsey examines whether the revivial in belief in angels, demons and spirits is fundamentally unreasonable
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