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Good writing about bad science. Click to read Science Fictions, by Stuart Ritchie, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

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2024 11

  1. Science Fictions links for November 2024
  2. Science Fictions links for October 2024
  3. Science Fictions links for September 2024
  4. Science Fictions links for August 2024
  5. Science Fictions links for July 2024
  6. Science Fictions links for June 2024
  7. Science Fictions links for May 2024
  8. Science Fictions links for April 2024
  9. Science Fictions links for March 2024
  10. Science Fictions links for February 2024
  11. Science Fictions links for January 2024

2023 12

  1. Science Fictions links for December 2023
  2. Science Fictions links for November 2023
  3. Science writing update, October 2023 edition
  4. Science writing update, September 2023 edition
  5. Science writing update, August 2023 edition
  6. Announcing my new podcast: The Studies Show
  7. Science writing update, July 2023 edition
  8. Science writing update, June 2023 edition
  9. Science writing update, May 2023 edition
  10. Science writing update, April 2023 edition
  11. Science writing update, March 2023 edition
  12. Science Fictions has moved to the i

2022 29

  1. Science isn't storytelling
  2. Identical twins aren't *that* identical
  3. Does watching pornography cause erectile dysfunction?
  4. The NIH's misguided genetics data policy
  5. How growth mindset shrank
  6. When meta-analysis goes wrong
  7. Should scientific journals publish political debunkings?
  8. The revolutionary Nature paper that wasn't
  9. Circling the wagons
  10. Pseudocritics, and how not to be one
  11. Nudged off a cliff
  12. Please stop saying hot drinks cool you down
  13. Everything you need to know about breastfeeding and intelligence
  14. Are homophobes secretly homosexual?
  15. Are people racist towards... dogs' names?
  16. Science is political - and that's a bad thing
  17. Audio version: Science is political - and that's a bad thing
  18. The New York Times goes overboard on cleaning up the ocean
  19. Audio version: The New York Times goes overboard on cleaning up the ocean
  20. Audio version: The UK's lie detector scandal
  21. The UK's lie detector scandal
  22. Those headlines about dog breeds and behaviour are hyped, obviously
  23. Why is everyone suddenly talking about tanning their testicles?
  24. Audio version: Why is everyone suddenly talking about tanning their testicles?
  25. Audio version: Scientific Nihilism
  26. Scientific Nihilism
  27. Audio version: Everything you need to know about psychedelics and mental illness
  28. Everything you need to know about psychedelics and mental illness
  29. Welcome to Science Fictions!