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Science and scepticism

May 2018

  • A confident young woman dancing on a city street

    Brain flapping
    Why the ‘introverts v extroverts’ battle helps neither side

    Rachel England: The ‘introverts v extroverts’ battle helps neither side

April 2018

  • The image of crime scene forensics finding irrefutable evidence that solves the case is misleading, as the actual science is far less certain.

    Brain flapping
    Forensic science: the tip of the iceberg?

    Ruth Morgan
  • UNDATED IMAGE OF MARS AS THE RED PLANET MOVES CLOSER TO EARTH.<br>The planet Mars is seen in this recent undated handout image from NASA. Mars is getting ready for its close-up, with the Red Planet set to come as near to Earth this month as it has in nearly 60,000 years. Its closest pass will come on August 27, 2003 at 5:51 a.m. EDT (0951 GMT), when Mars will be less than 34.65 million miles (55.76 million km) away. The last time it came closer was around September 12 in the year 57,617 B.C. "It is a marvelous opportunity to get people interested in astronomy and what you can see from your own backyard," said Stephen Maran, an astronomer and spokesman for the American Astronomical Society. REUTERS/Handout GN - RTR1BKU

    Pass notes
    Planet of the apis: Nasa develops plan to launch 'Marsbees'

March 2018

  • Great Barrier Reef

    Top marine scientists defend attack on Great Barrier Reef research

    Researchers from Australia’s leading marine science agency respond to criticism by two academics that doubts much of their work
  • Mystic Meg<br>AKA2HT Mystic Meg

    Brain flapping
    Why astrology is turning to millennials

    Dean Burnett: A recent Observer article insisted millennials are embracing astrology. Like astrology itself, this claim is very questionable
  • Author And Professor Steven Pinker Interview<br>Steven Pinker, author and Harvard professor, speaks during an interview in New York, U.S., on Friday, May 22, 2015. Pinker's latest book, "The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century," was released in 2014. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Science Weekly
    Cross Section: Steven Pinker – Science Weekly podcast

    We ask Prof Steven Pinker whether today’s doom and gloom headlines are a sign we’re worse off than in centuries gone by, or if human wellbeing is at an all-time high

February 2018

  • A1B143 Selection of cheese Assorted cheeses stilton cheddar

    Brain flapping
    Crack and cheese: do pleasurable things really affect your brain like drugs?

  • DO NOT USE. ONLY FOR USE WITH THIS FEATURE ON 28 JAN 2017. Jonathan Bryan and his Mother Chantal. Stanton St Quintin, Wiltshire.6/1/17 Photo Tom Pilston.

    Notes & Theories
    Why communication from a ‘locked-in’ child is a miracle we must question

    Christopher French and Michael Marshall

January 2018

  • Doctors Warn That Anti-Depressants Can Lead To Suicide<br>MIAMI, FL - MARCH 23: A bottle of antidepressant pills named Effexor is shown March 23, 2004 photographed in Miami, Florida. The Food and Drug Administration asked makers of popular antidepressants to add or strengthen suicide-related warnings on their labels as well as the possibility of worsening depression especially at the beginning of treatment or when the doses are increased or decreased. (Photo Illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

    Brain flapping
    Antidepressants: Please, PLEASE, do not just abandon your meds!

    Despite what you may have read in the furore surrounding Johann Hari’s new book, it’s very dangerous to stop antidepressants without professional advice

December 2017

  • Robin Ince

    Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People review – variety show for atheists returns

  • David Robert Grimes

    Notes & Theories
    Echo chambers are dangerous –  we must try to break free of our online bubbles

    David Robert Grimes

November 2017

  • Japanese scientist, Riko Muranaka, who will be handed the John Maddox Prize

    Doctor wins 2017 John Maddox prize for countering HPV vaccine misinformation

    Riko Muranaka awarded prize for efforts to explain jabs’s safety amid scare campaigns which have seen Japanese vaccination rate fall from over 70% to 1%
  • A water engineer uses copper divining rods to trace the course of an underground pipe (UK), a practice known as dowsing<br>EHF85T A water engineer uses copper divining rods to trace the course of an underground pipe (UK), a practice known as dowsing

    Brain flapping
    Divine intervention: yes, water companies using dowsing really is that bad

    Dean Burnett: Is water companies using dowsing rods really a big deal? Kind of, yes.

    • Brain flapping
      No, there hasn’t been a human 'head transplant', and there may never be

    • Brain flapping
      Why 'how I afforded a house' articles are misleading – and bad psychologically

    • Brain flapping
      'It was a different era': how people understand the concept of time

September 2017

  • Apple tree

    Brain flapping
    Why rejecting the modern world is a privileged fantasy

    Dean Burnett: The idea that a primitive lifestyle is healthier could only exist in the modern world

August 2017

  • Child in a science lab

    Science should be taught like art or music: grab a test tube and have a go

    Tom McLeish
  • Institute of Directors annual convention<br>epa04965586 Former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson, Lord Lawson of Blaby, speaks at the Institute of Directors annual convention at the Royal Albert Hall in central London, England, 06 October 2015. EPA/ANDY RAIN

    Brain flapping
    The BBC needs to accept that Nigel Lawson doesn’t exist

June 2017

  • Sue Desmond-Hellman

    In a world ruled by rumour, it is vital that scientists speak with humility and clarity

    Sue Desmond-Hellmann
    Facts are the science world’s stock-in-trade, but in an era of fake news it is ever more important to build public trust by avoiding exaggerated claims and jargon
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