Cambridge Skeptics
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Promoting science, positive skepticism and critical thinking skills via public engagement. We also host monthly Skeptics in the Pub and social events.
As patients take to social media for medical advice, doctors’ empathy and trust-building skills are more important than ever, says oncologist Samyukta Mullangi. magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/con...
Confronting a Rising Tide of Cancer Misinformation
As patients take to social media for medical advice, doctors’ empathy and trust-building skills are more important than ever, says oncologist Samyukta Mullangi
magazine.hms.harvard.edu
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
As patients take to social media for medical advice, doctors’ empathy and trust-building skills are more important than ever, says oncologist Samyukta Mullangi. magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/con...
Reform UK’s small business champion supports Tommy Robinson and peddles conspiracy theories. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/26/r...
Reform UK's small business champion supports Tommy Robinson and peddles conspiracy theories – HOPE not hate
On 10 November, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage launched Small Business for Reform, an organisation within the party. During the launch, Farage declared that “we...
hopenothate.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Reform UK’s small business champion supports Tommy Robinson and peddles conspiracy theories. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/26/r...
Something unnatural was in the sky in the months and years before Sputnik, according to one researcher, reports Elizabeth Howell. www.popularmechanics.com/science/a695...
A Mysterious UFO Sighting Went Unsolved for 70 Years. New Evidence Has Finally Revealed the Truth.
Something unnatural was in the sky in the months and years before Sputnik, according to one researcher.
www.popularmechanics.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Something unnatural was in the sky in the months and years before Sputnik, according to one researcher, reports Elizabeth Howell. www.popularmechanics.com/science/a695...
On TikTok, a strange conspiracy theory proposes that Timothée Chalamet is secretly ‘EsDeeKid,’ a masked rapper from the UK—here’s the ‘Timmykid’ theory, reports Dani Di Placido. www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...
TikTok's Timothée Chalamet Conspiracy Theory, Explained
On TikTok, a strange conspiracy theory proposes that Timothée Chalamet is secretly ‘EsDeeKid,’ a masked rapper from the UK—here’s the ‘Timmykid’ theory, explained.
www.forbes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
On TikTok, a strange conspiracy theory proposes that Timothée Chalamet is secretly ‘EsDeeKid,’ a masked rapper from the UK—here’s the ‘Timmykid’ theory, reports Dani Di Placido. www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...
A former Scientologist has exclusively opened up to the Daily Star about what he claims to have been a 'psychologically abusive' experience being a volunteer worker for the church at the age of 15, reports Andrea Oldereide. archive.ph/ORua7 www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
'I'm an ex-Scientology recruiter – this is how we're told to manipulate others'
A former Scientologist has exclusively opened up to the Daily Star about what he claims to have been a 'psychologically abusive' experience being a volunteer worker for the church at the age of 15
www.dailystar.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A former Scientologist has exclusively opened up to the Daily Star about what he claims to have been a 'psychologically abusive' experience being a volunteer worker for the church at the age of 15, reports Andrea Oldereide. archive.ph/ORua7 www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
Tim Miller and Will Sommer break down Candace Owens’ continuing conspiracy saga—from her claim that France and Israel sent a hit squad after her, to her bizarre insistence that Charlie Kirk was the “real” casualty of a multinational plot. www.thebulwark.com/p/candace-ow...
Candace Owens Is Now Fully Delusional–and Her Audience Doesn’t Care
Tim Miller and Will Sommer break down Candace Owens’ continuing conspiracy saga—from her claim that France and Israel sent a hit squad after her, to her bizarre insistence that Charlie Kirk was the…
www.thebulwark.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Tim Miller and Will Sommer break down Candace Owens’ continuing conspiracy saga—from her claim that France and Israel sent a hit squad after her, to her bizarre insistence that Charlie Kirk was the “real” casualty of a multinational plot. www.thebulwark.com/p/candace-ow...
Candace Owens spent the weekend being brutally mocked over her latest conspiratorial claim, reports Isaac Schorr. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
‘Psychiatric Breakdown’: Candace Owens Brutally Mocked Over ‘Batsh*t’ Claim the Macrons and ‘One Israeli’ Are Trying to Kill Her
"Batsh*t crazy was two exits back. She just took the off-ramp to Camp Doolally. We’re now in weapons-grade whacko country."
www.mediaite.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Candace Owens spent the weekend being brutally mocked over her latest conspiratorial claim, reports Isaac Schorr. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Lauren Salzman, one of the first members of the cult, is telling he story for the first time in the new podcast 'Allison After NXIVM,' reports Elisabeth Garber-Paul. archive.ph/lPxCr www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
She Spent 20 Years in NXIVM and Helped Put Its Leader in Jail. Now She's Speaking Out
'Allison After NXIVM' is a longform podcast that features former cult members Lauren Salzman and Allison Mack telling their stories.
www.rollingstone.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Lauren Salzman, one of the first members of the cult, is telling he story for the first time in the new podcast 'Allison After NXIVM,' reports Elisabeth Garber-Paul. archive.ph/lPxCr www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Guilty plea by far-right activist lays bare plans for bombings, school shootings and Santas handing out poisoned candies, reports Edward Helmore. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How cult leader ‘Commander Butcher’ plotted to sow mayhem across US
Guilty plea by far-right activist lays bare plans for bombings, school shootings and Santas handing out poisoned candies
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Guilty plea by far-right activist lays bare plans for bombings, school shootings and Santas handing out poisoned candies, reports Edward Helmore. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition, reports Alexander C. Kaufman. archive.ph/IYgEB www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Who’s Ready to Think About Blocking Out the Sun?
The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition.
archive.ph
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition, reports Alexander C. Kaufman. archive.ph/IYgEB www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Changes at X may have unwittingly revealed many MAGA accounts are actually foreign actors profiting from sowing division. Some were based in places like Nigeria, Eastern Europe, and India despite posting U.S.-focused right-wing content, reports Graig Graziosi. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Elon Musk unwittingly exposes MAGA influencers as foreign trolls
Some users were based in places like Nigeria, Eastern Europe, and India despite posting U.S.-focused right-wing content
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Changes at X may have unwittingly revealed many MAGA accounts are actually foreign actors profiting from sowing division. Some were based in places like Nigeria, Eastern Europe, and India despite posting U.S.-focused right-wing content, reports Graig Graziosi. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
A conspiracy theory linking Hurricane Melissa to HAARP has surfaced. Our expert, once again, dispels the false narrative of hurricane manipulation, reports Marshall Shepherd. www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
Hurricane Melissa Was Not Caused By HAARP Or Government Technology
A conspiracy theory linking Hurricane Melissa to HAARP has surfaced. Our expert, once again, dispels the false narrative of hurricane manipulation.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A conspiracy theory linking Hurricane Melissa to HAARP has surfaced. Our expert, once again, dispels the false narrative of hurricane manipulation, reports Marshall Shepherd. www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
A Nessie hunter from Shipley has used new software to produce a picture of what he claims is the "most detailed close-up of the Loch Ness Monster at this time," reports Michael Broomhead. www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2563156...
Shipley man claims to have 'most detailed picture of Loch Ness Monster'
A Nessie hunter from Shipley has used new software to produce a picture of what he claims is the "most detailed close-up of the Loch Ness…
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A Nessie hunter from Shipley has used new software to produce a picture of what he claims is the "most detailed close-up of the Loch Ness Monster at this time," reports Michael Broomhead. www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2563156...
Emails reveal that naval chiefs piled pressure on environment watchdog to hide details of radioactive contamination on the Clyde, reports Rob Edwards. www.theferret.scot/navy-try-kee...
Navy made legal threats to try and keep nuclear pollution secret
Emails reveal that naval chiefs piled pressure on environment watchdog to hide details of radioactive contamination on the Clyde.
www.theferret.scot
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Emails reveal that naval chiefs piled pressure on environment watchdog to hide details of radioactive contamination on the Clyde, reports Rob Edwards. www.theferret.scot/navy-try-kee...
Conspiracy mongering about Epstein is making the progressive project impossible, writes David Brooks. archive.ph/koJ45 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
Conspiracy mongering about Epstein is making the progressive project impossible.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Conspiracy mongering about Epstein is making the progressive project impossible, writes David Brooks. archive.ph/koJ45 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
It has a little something to do with Donald Trump, writes Will Sommer. archive.ph/ly85L www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | How Is QAnon Reacting to the Epstein Files?
It has a little something to do with Donald Trump.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It has a little something to do with Donald Trump, writes Will Sommer. archive.ph/ly85L www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Leaked recordings reveal the church’s leadership swinging back at the prime minister labelling it a cult and how it plans to deal with a Tax Office probe, reports Michael Bachelard. archive.ph/a5H6s www.theage.com.au/national/we-...
‘We’re not a cult’ and a call for $250 million: Inside Exclusive Brethren’s rallying call to members
Leaked recordings reveal the church’s leadership swinging back at the prime minister labelling it a cult and how it plans to deal with a Tax Office probe.
www.theage.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Leaked recordings reveal the church’s leadership swinging back at the prime minister labelling it a cult and how it plans to deal with a Tax Office probe, reports Michael Bachelard. archive.ph/a5H6s www.theage.com.au/national/we-...
The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018, reports Peter Walker. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018, reports Peter Walker. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
JFK's assassination stunned the country and ignited decades of conspiracy and scrutiny. Investigators arrested former Marine Lee Harvey Oswald as the suspected killer, reports Mason Leath. abcnews.go.com/US/62-years-...
62 years later: Why JFK's assassination still fuels some of America’s biggest conspiracy theories
JFK's assassination stunned the country and ignited decades of conspiracy and scrutiny. Investigators arrested former Marine Lee Harvey Oswald as the suspected killer.
abcnews.go.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
JFK's assassination stunned the country and ignited decades of conspiracy and scrutiny. Investigators arrested former Marine Lee Harvey Oswald as the suspected killer, reports Mason Leath. abcnews.go.com/US/62-years-...
Several journalists have spotted a detail which seems to point to QAnon, the baseless far-right conspiracy theory once pushed by MTG, reports Liam O'Dell. www.indy100.com/politics/mar...
MTG resigns - and people are spotting one key QAnon detail in her statement
Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene shocked Americans on Friday (21 November) night when she announced she would be resigning from Congress on 5 January, taking aim at US president Donald…
www.indy100.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Several journalists have spotted a detail which seems to point to QAnon, the baseless far-right conspiracy theory once pushed by MTG, reports Liam O'Dell. www.indy100.com/politics/mar...
An apparent ‘hole in the mountain’ was spotted by a hillwalker above Abergynolwyn in the Dysynni Valley, Gwynedd. At times, black smoke appears to billow out, reports NewsAndrew Forgrave. www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w...
Massive 'hole' in North Wales mountain sparks debate about what caused it
At times, black smoke appears to billow out
www.dailypost.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
An apparent ‘hole in the mountain’ was spotted by a hillwalker above Abergynolwyn in the Dysynni Valley, Gwynedd. At times, black smoke appears to billow out, reports NewsAndrew Forgrave. www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w...
Terry Gilliam always knew that “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” would leave a cultural mark far outstripping its modest box-office returns. But he never thought it would morph into a kind of foundational text for the tinfoil-hat right, reports Ben Croll. variety.com/2025/film/fe...
Terry Gilliam Confronts His Most Absurd Legacy: ‘I’m Responsible for QAnon’
Terry Gilliam revisits 'Fear and Loathing’s' warped legacy and his curious bond with Stanley Kubrick.
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Terry Gilliam always knew that “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” would leave a cultural mark far outstripping its modest box-office returns. But he never thought it would morph into a kind of foundational text for the tinfoil-hat right, reports Ben Croll. variety.com/2025/film/fe...
After feuding with Trump, the congresswoman resigns and casts doubt on the QAnon conspiracy theory she once promoted on her way out the door, reports Anna Merlan. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Marjorie Taylor Greene no longer trusts the plan
After feuding with Trump, the congresswoman resigns and casts doubt on the QAnon conspiracy theory she once promoted on her way out the door.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After feuding with Trump, the congresswoman resigns and casts doubt on the QAnon conspiracy theory she once promoted on her way out the door, reports Anna Merlan. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Mormon and family man received payment for making statements supporting pro-Russian media outlets in Ukraine, writes Tom Ball. archive.ph/xGXLg www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
The Mormon, Farage-backing MEP caught in Kremlin influence campaign
As Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales, is jailed for accepting bribes to make pro-Russian statements, Nigel Farage faces calls to hold an inquiry
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Mormon and family man received payment for making statements supporting pro-Russian media outlets in Ukraine, writes Tom Ball. archive.ph/xGXLg www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Sophisticated and deadly “brain weapons” that can attack or alter human consciousness, perception, memory or behaviour are no longer the stuff of science fiction, two British academics argue, reports Mark Brown. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers
UK academics say latest chemicals are ‘wake-up call’ and urge global action to stop weaponisation of neuroscience
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Sophisticated and deadly “brain weapons” that can attack or alter human consciousness, perception, memory or behaviour are no longer the stuff of science fiction, two British academics argue, reports Mark Brown. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...