Aggregating the best of the blogs on science and pseudoscience
In response to a reader comment, I looked to see whether Durham’s fish oil trial initiative report had been published. ...(read more)
by jonhw
[BPSDB] Recently I have been mostly reading “Homeopathic Pathogenetic Trials Produce Specific Symptoms Different from Placebo”1 and at ...(read more)
by What the hell is this?
Has the head of the Catholic Church been meddling in your politics? Perhaps you'd like to be the one pulling ...(read more)
by SciencePunk
The Daily Mail’s coverage of vaccines is something that has caused a number of people concern. I thought that maybe ...(read more)
by jdc325
[BPSDB]The vitamin-peddlar Matthias Rath tried sueing Ben Goldacre and the Guardian newspaper when Ben reported on his activities. As a ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
Anton Emmanuel is a Senior Lecturer in Gastroenterology at UCL. He has also studied the use of IgG testing ...(read more)
by jonhw
I’m almost beginning to feel sorry for Derek Draper. He has now been chained to the stone slab of public ...(read more)
by gimpy
Scientists have discovered new species of iron-breathing microbes that have lived isolated under an Antarctic glacier for millions ...(read more)
by SciencePunk
So a German Dutch speaking film crew went to film a B.C. Tour. The very first part is in ...(read more)
by Ray Girvan
Last year, the Dore - which claimed to be able to treat dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties - went ...(read more)
by jonhw
According to Brainduck the New Zealand branch of Dore, having survived the collapse of Dore (UK) and Dore (Australia), have ...(read more)
by gimpy
I emailed one of several websites carrying a claim that Ulrich Abel had a paper published in the Lancet around ...(read more)
by jdc325
The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) has not abandoned its professed belief that children are possessed by ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
Mythical element found in Singer sewing machines, mobile phones used as detectors. (read more)
by SciencePunk
Former Visiting Professor Patrick Holford is Head of Science and Education at Biocare so he has a substantial and understandable ...(read more)
by dvnutrix
The Cochrane Library has published a new review of the effects of homeopathy on cancer patients**. Its conclusion is that ...(read more)
by Le Canard Noir
[BPSDB]Otto Weingärtner explains, in the latest issue of J. Alt. Complement. Med.,1 that in clinical trials more accurate ...(read more)
by What the hell is this?
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It really is starting to look like the Daily Mail are actively campaigning against vaccination. This piece, written by Beezy ...(read more)
by jdc325
Several sites cite a paper they claim was published in the Lancet in, variously, 1989, 1990, or 1991. All agree ...(read more)
by jdc325
The site's imagehosting has gone a bit screwy. So I'll be using this update to fix it. As way of ...(read more)
by Ray Girvan
Silver Clipboard: Time Management for Teachers - 9 Minute Video (read more)
by Grey
Doctored CV (www.DoctoredCV.org.uk) is a new blog created to pull together reports from around the blogosphere which expose the falsehoods ...(read more)
by Dr* T
What if you found yourself thrown back in time to a pre-technological age? Could you stand on the shoulders of ...(read more)
by SciencePunk
Derek Draper, educationally diminished psychotherapist, is all over the political blogosphere and Sunday papers today (Times and NoTW have all ...(read more)
by gimpy
Excellent - a possible example of Dr* T’s First Theory in the Daily Fail. The Daily Mail is allowing itself ...(read more)
by jdc325
Some of the quackometer functionality has not been working too well over the past few months. The Am I a ...(read more)
by Le Canard Noir
Over at the Guardian's Lost In Showbiz, Marina Hyde continues ...(read more)
by SciencePunk
We were fascinated to see that Dr Roy Rutherford (who helped found Dore and is listed as a Medical Consultant ...(read more)
by jonhw
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Mumps features in several news reports of the last few days. Measles has had a couple of mentions too. They ...(read more)
by jdc325