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Expert skeptical analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal, since 1987. Reason with compassion.

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Dishonesty and untruths abound in the world of so-called alternative medicine - The Skeptic
Alternative medicine is a field replete with false claims - from misinformation and mistaken correlation, to out right fraud and fabrication.
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November 2, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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The Skeptic Podcast – Episode 088 - The Skeptic
Featuring articles from Alfie Hoar (March 2022), Michael Marshall (March 2022), Phoebe Lim (February 2022), and Mike Hall (January 2025).
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October 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Is mosquito extinction morally wrong? Gene drives and the limits of utilitarianism | Gabriel Andrade

New technology might allow us to eradicate the mosquito - one of the deadliest creatures who ever lived. But is deliberate extinction ethically defensible?

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Is mosquito extinction morally wrong? Gene drives and the limits of utilitarianism - The Skeptic
We might now be able to eradicate the mosquito, the deadliest creatures who ever lived. But is deliberate extinction ethically defensible?
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October 30, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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When fortune telling makes a fortune: India’s billion-dollar astrology app market - The Skeptic
In an increasingly tech-savvy India, people's superstitions are being exploited by astrological apps made by billion-dollar companies.
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October 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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The Skeptic Podcast – Episode 087 - The Skeptic
Featuring articles from Gabriel Andrade (April 2025), Akshit Mishra (October 2025), Robyn Lowe (April 2022), and Dave Hahn (July 2026).
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October 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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From the archives: Write your own pseudoscience – a new angle on the prophecies of Nostradamus  - The Skeptic
From the archives in 1993, Bob Basalla tries his hand at writing his own pseudoscientific tome, on chess history, with Nostradamus as a guide
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October 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Biased about bias: as social creatures, we should try to understand where our biases come from - The Skeptic
Guarding against bias is a fool's errand - instead of pretending we can ignore them, we should acknowledge biases, and put them into context.
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October 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Lord Toby Young and the Daily Sceptic win 2026 Rusty Razor award for worst pseudoscience of the year

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Lord Toby Young and the Daily Sceptic win 2026 Rusty Razor award for worst pseudoscience of the year - The Skeptic
Lord Toby Young and the Daily Sceptic, promoters of climate change denial and antivax misinformation, win the 2026 Rusty Razor Award.
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October 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Consumer protection campaigner Martin Lewis wins 2026 Skeptical Activism Ockham award

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Consumer protection campaigner Martin Lewis wins 2026 Skeptical Activism Ockham award - The Skeptic
Martin Lewis, a consumer protection journalist who campaigns against finance scams, wins the 2026 Ockham Award for Skeptical Activism.
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October 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Lord Toby Young and the Daily Sceptic win 2026 Rusty Razor award for worst pseudoscience of the year - The Skeptic
Lord Toby Young and the Daily Sceptic, promoters of climate change denial and antivax misinformation, win the 2026 Rusty Razor Award.
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October 17, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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The Skeptic Podcast – Episode 086 - The Skeptic
Featuring articles from Carlos Orsi (March 2024), Danny Chambers and Robyn Lowe (March 2022), Edzard Ernst (July 2021), and Rachel Ooi (August 2024).
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October 16, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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The Gorbals vampire: the monster with iron teeth, and the evidence with none - The Skeptic
In 1954 a Glasgow cemetery filled with children hunting a vampire. Within a week the whole country knew what had made them do it, and nobody had checked.
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October 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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The Tiffany Problem: the modern things that are counterintuitively much older than we assume - The Skeptic
It's natural to map the world around us with heuristics, but sometimes they can lead us astray or even reveal our biases and bigotries.
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October 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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From the archives: A Supernatural IQ? Investigating a claim to an extraordinary IQ - The Skeptic
From the archives in 1993, Andrew M Colman questions contemporaneous claims of extraordinarily and implausibly high IQ scores.
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October 13, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Our universe is not just a computer simulation, but try telling that to the billionaires of Big Tech - The Skeptic
The theory that life is a Matrix-like computer simulation has caught on in Silicon Valley and is taking on increasingly religious tones.
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October 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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The Skeptic Podcast – Episode 085 - The Skeptic
Featuring articles from Elissar Gerges (August 2022), Shaun Sellars (October 2021), Ian Harrison (May 2024), and Brian Davis (July 2023).
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October 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Denialism as health policy: case study of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr - The Skeptic
RFK Jr, the most senior figure in US health, has spent decades undermining vaccines, denying the reality of AIDS, and endangering Americans.
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October 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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AG1 from Athletic Greens are arguably the Lazarus of nutritional supplements - The Skeptic
Athletic Greens' "AG1" supplement range come with celebrity endorsements, slick marketing... and overblown nutritional claims.
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October 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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From the archives: The Big Bang Controversy – A look at pseudoscience in cosmology   - The Skeptic
From the archives in 1993, Taner Edis looks at what was known about the Big Bang and the origin of the universe at the time.
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October 6, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Samalia Bala’s arrest in Nigeria for witchcraft is a travesty – he must be released immediately | Leo Igwe

The Advocacy for Alleged Witches urges the Zamfara state government in Nigeria to release Samalia Bala, who has been falsely imprisoned for witchcraft.

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Samalia Bala's arrest in Nigeria for witchcraft is a travesty - he must be released immediately - The Skeptic
The Advocacy for Alleged Witches urges the Zamfara state government in Nigeria to release Samalia Bala, who has been falsely imprisoned for witchcraft.
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October 5, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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The Skeptic Podcast – Episode 084 - The Skeptic
Featuring articles from Blake Smith (March 2025), Robyn Lowe (August 2022), Shaun Sellars (May 2021), and Alice Howarth (January 2024).
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October 2, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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Everything I wish you didn’t need to know about race science and so-called "race realists" - The Skeptic
Recent events thrust eugenics back into the public eye, but we should remember that the field of "race science" is thoroughly discredited.
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October 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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It's October, already!

I'll be speaking in Liverpool on Thursday 15th, about pseudoscience hiding behind cries of "free speech"... and how even some skeptics fall for it.

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It's the day before the European Skeptics Congress, if you're attending that, too!
Michael Marshall: When pseudoscience hides behind ‘free speech’, Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 7:30 PM | Meetup
As skeptics and critical thinkers, free speech is a value we must strive to uphold, and to defend. Yet, the free speech argument has often been weaponised by opponents of s
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October 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Michael Marshall: When pseudoscience hides behind ‘free speech’ - Thursday, Oct 15 · 7:30 PM

Michael Marshall will show how skeptics have seen our commitment to free speech hijacked and weaponised by the very pseudoscientists we seek to counter.

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Michael Marshall: When pseudoscience hides behind ‘free speech’, Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 7:30 PM | Meetup
As skeptics and critical thinkers, free speech is a value we must strive to uphold, and to defend. Yet, the free speech argument has often been weaponised by opponents of s
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October 1, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Socialwashing: How fair is 'Fair Trade', and how is the average consumer meant to know? - The Skeptic
Like its cousin 'greenwashing', 'socialwashing' uses unclear labelling to mislead consumers about the social impacts of a product.
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September 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM