"Ways of Being" argues that intelligence isn't a purely human phenomenon, but in doing so strays into a quasi-mysticism to explain the material
From the archives: Are near-death experiences sufficient proof of life after death?
From the archives in 1988, Professor Antony Flew looks at claims made by people who have had near-death experiences, and what they say about the afterlife
Debunking the Myths: The Rise of the Anti-Sunscreen Movement
Sunscreen is one of the most highly effective and evidence-based methods of preventing skin cancer, so why is there an online movement discouraging its use?
#TradWife: the misogynistic movement based on cosplaying an American ideal
The #TradWife movement claims to offer women a simple, structured and idealised life. In reality, it reduces women to property, in service to white nationalist agendas
“Big Pharma” has its flaws, but like all industries, it’s made up of people – some bad, some good
It's easy to criticise Big Pharma as a monolith, but there are plenty of regular workers for pharmaceutical companies who are motivated to make medicines safer
From the archive: S.G. Soal – A statistical master of deception
From the archives in 1988, Chris Scott recounts Soal's experiments, which suggested precognitive abilities, but turned out to be statistical fakery
Did we really discover pain in insects? Maybe… but we can’t be sure they feel it like we do
Studies have shown insects can detect negative stimuli that we would register as pain, but we can't assume that's the same as feeling pain
Do extraordinary claims really require extraordinary evidence?
It is a common skeptical mantra that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" - but is this true, or is it simply setting unlikely ideas up to fail?
