Social media debates that use concerns over halal and kosher practices as a proxy for prejudice do nothing to further the cause of animal welfare.
Science has long understood the dangers of attributing false causality, developing tools like Koch's Postulates and the Bradford Hill Criteria to avoid it.
Climate change deniers like the Daily Sceptic are working overtime to downplay the UK's unprecedented series of heatwaves.
Would really love to hear who people think deserve official criticism for being woo-peddlers. In the past it's gone to Reform UK, Elon Musk, Dr Aseem Malhotra, Gwyneth Paltrow, and the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
There's also an award recognising skeptics who have excellent and impactful work over the last 12 months, too.
The form to make a nomination is in the link here. Winners will be announced October 17th.
From the archives of July 1993, David Bradbury on the experiments which claimed to show neural networks were capable of producing NDEs.
The desire for immortality is as old as humanity; it's no surprise so many pseudoscientists and tech gurus have promised to hold back death.
While common retelling of the story paints Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace as rivals, in truth they were intellectual equals.
Electric vehicles and clean energy technology are real, current, and effective solutions - so why are the right wing still so opposed?
After John Mack died, his archive of interviews concerning the Ariel UFO encounter was meant to be made available to the public - two decades later, we are still waiting.
Ian Stevenson set out to scientifically investigate reports of reincarnation - while he failed to find any credible cases, his efforts warrant respect.
While the UK has moved to limit the harms of social media by restricting access for children, Facebook and Twitter continue to radicalise people of all ages.
While pseudoscience is not unique to Islam - nor more pervasive within the religion - it is important to challenge where the Qur’an is used to support clearly pseudoscientific ideas.
We all want more time with our pets, but there is no simple product to buy, or special diet to follow, that will hold back the clock on canine longevity.
The White House released their own "Disclosure Day" tranche of UFO files - and the result was the dampest of damp squibs.
Legends tell of a ferocious man-eating "ground shark" that terrorises divers in the Timor Sea - but behind the myths is a very real creature.
The 'no make-up' trend isn't just about looking good, but to do so effortlessly – playing into society's expectation that women ensure they're never 'too much'.
According to a popular myth, Betamax lost out to VHS because of adult content - in reality, it was down to tape length, and licensing.
In "Communion", JD Vance seeks to explain his shift from atheism to Catholicism, but illustrates only the dangers of putting religion at the heart of politics.
With Reform UK making gains in the recent local elections, parts of the UK now boast councillors with all manner of questionable beliefs.
As part of an NHS push for "normal" births - without medical intervention - midwives around the country have been treating labour complications with aromatherapy.