Alternative Medicine

Latest studies map conspiracy theories in Brazil and Latin America

Cesar Baima -
Conspiracy theories have spread like wildfire across Latin America, according to researchers whose tools scrape Telegram to document viral misinformation
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Paranormal

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Science

Those aren’t resurrected dire wolves, they’re customised grey wolves

Georgy Kurakin -
While the headlines proclaim the resurrection of the dire wolf, in reality Colossal Biosciences have invented the gene-edited pet dog
Skepticism

Black Pope, Bad Omen? Apocalyptic fears, Nostradamus, and the Papal succession

Gabriel Andrade -
Misinterpreted 'predictions' about a black pope ushering in the end times reveal more about contemporary biases than about Nostradamus
Archive

From the archive: Glossolalia – fluently speaking gibberish languages

David Christie-Murray -
From the archives in 1991, David Christie-Murray explains how the Evangelical phenomenon of glossolalia differs from speaking a real language
Health

Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s “autism cure” quest reeks of eugenics

Noah Lugeons -
While claiming to seek a "cure" for autism, Robert F Kennedy Jr places autistic people on a spectrum ranging from inconvenient to undesirable
Crime

Prison rehabilitation programs are rarely evidence-based, and seldom effective

Emma McClure, Aaron Rabinowitz -
Governments talk about being tough on crime, yet interventions designed to prevent reoffending are rarely ever assessed to see if they actually work
Alternative Medicine

Google’s AI promoted unproven mushroom supplement with questionable testimonials

Michael Marshall -
Lignosus claims that their mushroom supplement treats COPD – serious claims based on no evidence, yet Google's AI search actively endorsed it
Archive

From the archive: Should we take paranormal claims seriously?

Lewis Jones -
From the archives in 1991, Lewis Jones outlines some reasons not to test psychics or take paranormal claims seriously
History

Cannibalism: The long history of a modern propaganda tool

James Williams -
The recent accusations about Haitian cannibals reflect a long tradition of propaganda, aimed at othering those deemed undesirable

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