Skepticism

by James Gallagher Ministers are considering whether homeopathy should be put on a blacklist of treatments GPs in England are banned from prescribing, the BBC has learned. The controversial practice is based on the principle that “like cures like”, but critics say patients are being given useless sugar pills. The Faculty of Homeopathy said patients …

For Immediate Release: November 23, 2015 Paul Fidalgo, CFI Communications Director [email protected] – 207-358-9785 Robyn E. Blumner, RDF President & CEO [email protected] – 202-733-5276 CFI and Dawkins Foundation Urge FTC to Stop Homeopathy’s False Advertising The Center for Inquiry and the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science are urging the Federal Trade Commission to …

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by Elizabeth Palermo People who believe in ghosts may be more afraid of actual, real-world dangers — things like violent crimes or nuclear war — than are people who don’t hold paranormal beliefs, a new survey finds. The Survey of American Fear asked people in the United States to divulge the terrors that keep them …

by Joey Savoie, Co-founder of Charity Science Before getting to know your local atheist, it’s very much worth rehashing the ABCs of non-belief that run the risk of remaining little known, especially now that the skeptic community has become more interested and active in charitable causes. Public intellectuals frequenting bestseller lists on our behalf are swift …

By Manny Fernandez and Christine Hauser

By Alexandra Ossola

By Elizabeth Palermo

By Lawrence M. Krauss

By The Conversation