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  Could ASMR be a possible explanation for some new age and spiritual experiences?
  
  Mark Horne - 6th March 2024
  
  Acupuncture
  
  Dragons’ Den has a quackery problem that goes far beyond ear seeds
  
  Michael Marshall - 12th February 2024
  
  Acupuncture
  
  Dragons’ Den’s uncritical promotion of ear seeds is an insult to ME/cfs patients like me
  
  Sorrel Kinton - 7th February 2024
  
  Alternative Medicine
  
  Walking the alt-med tightrope when a loved one has a terminal diagnosis
  
  Brian Eggo - 24th January 2024
  
  Alternative Medicine
  
  The pseudoscientific treatments turning athletes and sports stars into influencers for woo
  
  Elissar Gerges - 15th December 2023
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  Don’t worry, your pet food brand probably isn’t filled with disease-causing sawdust
  
  Sean Smith - 19th April 2024
  
  Health
  
  Debunking the Myths: The Rise of the Anti-Sunscreen Movement
  
  Elissar Gerges - 8th April 2024
  
  Health
  
  Does a prohibition-based approach to drugs and disposable vaping make sense?
  
  Clio Bellenis - 25th March 2024
  
  Vaccinations
  
  An anti-vaccine circus takes over the Brazilian Senate’s paediatric vaccinations discussion
  
  Cesar Baima - 22nd March 2024
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  Given his rising influence, the case for debating RFK Jr has never been more urgent
  
  Danny Bradley - 20th March 2024
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  From the archive: S.G. Soal – A statistical master of deception
  
  Chris Scott - 2nd April 2024
  
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  The Wikipedia conspiracy that wasn’t; or, why Wikipedia says Roswell was a balloon
  
  Robert Jones - 13th March 2024
  
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  From the archives: Magicians, mediums, and psychics
  
  David Alexander - 12th March 2024
  
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  The strange and deeply unlikely tale of Gef the talking mongoose
  
  Sean Slater - 11th March 2024
  
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  From the archives: media clippings from the death of Doris Stokes
  
  The Skeptic - 5th March 2024
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  Given his rising influence, the case for debating RFK Jr has never been more urgent
  
  Danny Bradley - 20th March 2024
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  Whisper it quietly and go heavy on the caveats, but David Icke is right
  
  Dave Hahn - 18th March 2024
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  Europa: The Last Battle – the antisemitic documentary going viral among the far right
  
  Thiago Vahia Malliagros - 26th February 2024
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  As an always-online Gen Z, it’s impossible to avoid conspiracy theories on social media
  
  Katharina Anita Szigeti - 23rd February 2024
  
  Conspiracy Theories
  
  Mark McDonald, America’s Frontline Doctors, and some very troubling beliefs about autism
  
  Aaron Rabinowitz - 21st February 2024
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  Panpsychism revived, in James Bridle’s “Ways of Being”
  
  Ted Lefroy - 17th April 2024
  
  Religion
  
  ‘To Know You More Clearly’: what the new catholic school syllabus means, one year in
  
  Abigail Kennedy - 15th April 2024
  
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  “No Tax For Genocide”: is the refusal to pay taxes a reasonable form of protest?
  
  Mark Horne - 12th April 2024
  
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  Irredeemably Flawed: The IPP prisoner scandal, and the death of Matthew Price
  
  Emma McClure - 10th April 2024
  
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  From the archives: Are near-death experiences sufficient proof of life after death?
  
  Antony Flew - 9th April 2024
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  Panpsychism revived, in James Bridle’s “Ways of Being”
  
  Ted Lefroy - 17th April 2024
  
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  “Big Pharma” has its flaws, but like all industries, it’s made up of people – some bad, some good
  
  Syngen Grede - 3rd April 2024
  
  Science
  
  Did we really discover pain in insects? Maybe… but we can’t be sure they feel it like we do
  
  Georgy Kurakin - 1st April 2024
  
  Health
  
  Does a prohibition-based approach to drugs and disposable vaping make sense?
  
  Clio Bellenis - 25th March 2024
  
  Climate Change
  
  Electronic advertising is a climate crime that makes our public spaces more hostile
  
  Michael Marshall - 15th March 2024
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