Citations are the currency of academia and Google Scholar as the main way of tracking them. However, a new paper shows that it's possible to game Google Scholar and artificially inflate one's citation count.
For years, McKinsey has been promoting the "business case for diversity". But a new paper shows that it's built on sand: S&P 500 companies with more 'executive diversity' perform no better than those with less.
In recent days, The Guardian has been on the warpath against the Garrick – a London gentleman's club with a men-only membership policy. But the anti-Garrick arguments don't stack up, argues Noah Carl.
A recent study found that bad Covid infections may have reduced people's IQ by up to 6 points. However, the study didn't actually look at change in IQ scores and the findings are consistent with other explanations.
Back in December, The Economist published a poll that found 20% of young Americans think the holocaust is a myth. New research shows this result was due to poor methodology. The true figure is closer to 3%.
Public opinion is with the right when it comes to reducing immigration, and the right can’t even win on that. To believe the right can win on abolishing the NHS (where public opinion is with the left) is pure fantasy.
Do all migrant groups contribute the same? New figures show that migrants from wealthy Western countries earn more than average, whereas migrants from poor countries in South Asia and Eastern Europe earn less.
Birmingham Council has been sued into bankruptcy by its own former employees. Residents now face a massive tax hike and major cuts to public services. Will no one put an end to the 'equal pay' racket?
According to newly-published figures, inflation-adjusted living standards in Britain have fallen for five out of the last six quarters. Britons today are worse off than they were in the last quarter of 2017.
A survey has found that half of Democrat voters endorse election conspiracies, which is only slightly less than the proportion of Republican voters who do so. Election denial is a bipartisan problem.
© 2026 Skeptics Ltd.
