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The Ockham Awards 2022: recognising the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience

Michael Marshall -
Nominations for the 2022 Ockham Awards are now open, with our annual award for Skeptical Activism and our Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience.
Society

Family Constellation: the pseudoscience retraumatising victims at the approval of Brazilian courts

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
Brazilian courts are disturbingly fond of Family Constellation, a pseudoscientific form of therapy that pushes blame onto victims, and retraumatises the most vulnerable people
Covid-19

Have Brazilians been effectively immunised against vaccine disinformation?

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
While health misinformation is rife in Brazil, confidence in vaccines remains extremely high, thanks to decades of public health messaging
Skepticism

The Ockham Awards 2021: honouring the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience

Michael Marshall -
Nominations for the 2021 Ockham Awards are now open, with our annual award for Skeptical Activism and our Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience.
Alternative Medicine

‘Prevent Senior’ in Brazil accused of conducting unethical medical experiments on Covid patients

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
Even after Brazil's "Covid kit" of alternative treatments was shown to be ineffective, doctors were given sales targets to keep prescribing - with official guidance on how to classify away patients who died from Covid.
GMOs

Closing the information gap on GM technology means addressing fear, as well as ignorance

Natália Pasternak -
It’s time to direct our efforts not only to providing scientific knowledge on genetically modified food, but also to addressing people’s fears.
Covid-19

Why I called for the Brazilian Senate to impeach President Bolsanaro over our Covid crisis

Natália Pasternak -
Science-based policies can save us from future pandemics. We won't get them by remaining silent when denialism takes over governments.
Covid-19

Brazil’s COVID-19 inquiry puts pseudoscience on trial

Natália Pasternak -
The COVID-19 inquiry in Brazil is an opportunity to understand what went wrong and what can be learned - it is one we can't afford to pass up
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