Research is a mixture of discreet enquiries through the social circle, online searches and on-the-spot surveillance.

BBC: India's 'wedding detectives' enjoy booming trade

The first part of the book is a mixture of psychology and trendy neuroscience research that presents the evidence for Mr Shermer's central claim: that, instead of shaping belief around painstakingly gathered, soberly judged evidence, people most often decide upon their beliefs first, and then use an impressive range of cognitive tricks to bend whatever evidence they do discover into support for those pre-decided acts of faith.

ECONOMIST: A medley of aliens and conspiracy theories

The jute mills are gone but Dundee West remains a hive of industrial and academic activity with a mixture of light engineering and cutting-edge research technology.

BBC: NEWS | VOTE 2003

Before Facebook, their efforts were based on a mixture of educated guessing and expensive research.

BBC: The unintended consequences of Facebook

In their research paper, the two scientists say that using a mixture of archived news reports and real-time data, they were able to see links between droughts and storms in parts of Africa and cholera outbreaks.

BBC: News headlines used to predict future events