SkeptoBot by Lave
I'm really looking forward to this one. Domesticating Germs for our own benefit! Could we exploit evolution to encourage diseases to evolve to mildness. I've always been of the view that if we don't play God, who will. We just need to be very smart, an... read more>>
Letting Off Steam by jaycueaitch
In the May issue of Analog magazine, editor Stanley Schmidt discussed population growth and migration. He made one point that struck this long time SF reader as rather familiar. He wrote:- It seldom occurs to us that we could … decide that there’s not enough necessary work to go around, so we should ...read more>>
jdc325's Weblog by jdc325
The nutritionistas and health food stores (not to mention the press) would have you believe that there is such a thing as a ’superfood’. There isn’t. Not pomegranate, not walnut, not even any kind of special berry harvested by Tibetan monks and recommended by Patrick Holford or Gillian McKeith. The Birmingham ...read more>>
Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science by dvnutrix
Visiting Professor Patrick Holford distributes a newsletter to the subscription members of his 100%health club. The newsletter typically contains errors and not infrequently they indicate that whoever whoever writes them does not read research papers properly, misunderstands them or miscommunicates the findings. read more>>
DC's Improbable Science by David Colquhoun
The extent to which irrationality has become established in US Medicine is truly alarming I wrote about Quakademics in the USA and Canada on my last trip to the USA, and on my May trip I visited Yale, where I ...read more>>
SciencePunk by Frank the SciencePunk
I’m not usually one to poke fun at religion unless it creeps into the science sphere, but this is too funny not to share: God-Man, omnipotent superhero. By Ruben Bolling. read more>>
Science and Progress by coracle
Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science by jonhw
What was the BBC thinking about when it allowed Sir Alan Sugar to plug the Energy Clinic on The Apprentice? read more>>
Hawk/Handsaw by Paul Wilson
Nadine Dorries seems to have realised that simply dismissing as 'desperate tosh' a study in the British Medical Journal won't cut the mustard. The study looked at survival rates of premature babies in the Trent region of the UK, concluding that surviva... read more>>
May 14, 2008
We sell dreams in a bottle by valueaddedwater
Lets make this clear. I like the idea behind the Dove adverts. The idea of using everyday women to advertise your ...
the quackometer by Le Canard Noir
The Advertising Standards Authority is one of the few regulatory bodies in the UK regularly prepared to tackle the ...
SkeptoBot by Lave
As the sun is coming out so the collective media's mind turns to mush. As the stories they deem 'silly' ...
DC's Improbable Science by David Colquhoun
After writing the recent post Boots reaches new level of dishonesty with CoQ10 promotion, I sent a complaint about the ...
May 13, 2008
consider, evaluate, act by teekblog
Turns out that not all MPs turned out to vote on this new Embryology Bill, as flagged up by benb ...
Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science by jonhw
A break from our usual Holford coverage, to discuss a recent EJCN Short Communication on “Effects of a short-term intervention ...
consider, evaluate, act by teekblog
So as my last blog entry suggests (blimey, six months without a peep and then two posts in two days ...
SciencePunk by Frank the SciencePunk
After the man with green sweat, and medical case notes on an incidence of green blood, SciencePunk is proud to ...
May 12, 2008
consider, evaluate, act by teekblog
My thanks first and foremost to Ben Goldacre for advertising the second reading of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill ...
jdc325's Weblog by jdc325
In September last year, blogger Nicholas Marsh posted an article discussing the need for a Language of Bullshit and I was reminded ...
May 11, 2008
SciencePunk by Frank the SciencePunk
Kudos to Chris Woebken and Skeptobot for laying the groundwork. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BT6MU3gH80
jdc325's Weblog by jdc325
I was reading a book on Porton Down called From Biological Warfare to Healthcare when I came across a letter ...
May 10, 2008
Pyjamas in Bananas by pj
Via Hawk/Handsaw, Nadine Dorries shares her unique perspective on the BMJ study of survival rates in preterm infants: "No improvement ...
SkeptoBot by Lave
After a short break, this week we've got Brian Cox talking about the LHC. Mainly to tie in with this post, ...
May 9, 2008
jdc325's Weblog by jdc325
On Monday, there will be a show of support for the Embryo Research Bill outside Parliament. There are concerns that sense ...
What the hell is this? by What the hell is this?
Lionel Milgrom's latest paper, “A New Geometrical Description of Entanglement ...
SciencePunk by Frank the SciencePunk
Update on Project Ladybird: Having retrieved an intact chip from the body of a London Transport Oyster card, I set ...
Hawk/Handsaw by Paul Wilson
This morning my Grauniad was carrying a story about new research, published in the BMJ, that suggests survival rates for ...
May 8, 2008
A canna’ change the laws of physics by apgaylard
The BBC's Editiorial Complaints Unit (ECU) has just published its final ruling on two complaints I made last year. ...
Dr Aust's Spleen by draust
It is a bit of a tough gig being an “expert” these days. Not so much in what I do, of ...
SkeptoBot by Lave
Disclaimer: Just to cover my back, be aware that TFL probably won't like you doing this. So get permission first ...
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