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 in the House of Commons. And more importantly, my thanks to Evan Harris MP and his team for organising a demonstration of support on the lawns across from Parliament House, ...read more>>
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 of this at the weekend when reading a comment from a poster on the Hpathy forum. In response to a statement to the effect that “homeopathy is an elaborate placebo ...read more>>
SciencePunk by Frank the SciencePunk
Kudos to Chris Woebken and Skeptobot for laying the groundwork. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BT6MU3gH80 read more>>
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 written by Sir Paul Gordon Fildes (OBE, MB, Hon. ScD Cantab, Reading, FRS). Fildes was head of the Biology Department from 1940-1946 and according to the book Fildes’s team at ...read more>>
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 in neo-natal care in twelve years? Really? So where has all the money that has been pumped into neo-natal services gon... read more>>
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, and so wind up this guy up a little.Brian Cox was in D:ream, but has managed to get past that mistake, and it's left him rather media savvy, whi... read more>>
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 may not prevail and the Bill may be defeated by religious objectors. The likely reason for these concerns is the fuss being made in the press by people such as ...read more>>
What the hell is this? by What the hell is this?
Lionel Milgrom's latest paper, “A New Geometrical Description of Entanglement and the Curative Homeopathic Process” [1], as introduced by Alex Hankey (“Self-Consistent Theories of Health and Healing” [2]) quotes Hahnemann saying that “The unprejudiced observer is well aware ...read more>>
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 about repairing the damage I’d done to it. Skeptobot used a milder solution of acetone and was able to extract the chip and aerial in one piece. I’ll ...read more>>
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 ...
May 7, 2008
Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science by dvnutrix
There is renewed interest in the benefits of polypills for the over-55s. The claims is that each of the proposed ...
the quackometer by Le Canard Noir
Professor Jayney Goddard is the president of the Complementary Medical Association (CMA), "the world's largest professional membership body for complementary ...
Letting Off Steam by jaycueaitch
I watched the “Wright Stuff” deabate about homeopathy on Channel 5 this morning while waiting for a gas engineer to turn ...
SkeptoBot by Lave
So the people at CERN have been inviting the best comedians in the UK to come and have a look ...
May 6, 2008
SciencePunk by Frank the SciencePunk
For a long time now, unbeknownst to all but a few select friends, I have been planning a project of ...
SciencePunk by Frank the SciencePunk
Some readers may recall that a while ago I received a much-celebrated ant farm for my birthday. Well, now ...
Thinking Is Dangerous by Dr* T
And so the saga continues..... To recap briefly, BBC SouthWest's program Inside Out questioned whether Neals Yard should be selling ...
the quackometer by Le Canard Noir
In a recent post, I described how Neal's Yard Remedies had withdrawn their Malaria homeopathy pills. Their press release said, as ...
Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science by dvnutrix
Visiting Professor Patrick Holford of Teesside University and Head of Science and Education at Biocare has some odd beliefs about ...
SciencePunk by Frank the SciencePunk
I was browsing idly through the lonely hearts column on my daily commute yesterday, when I stumbled across an acronym ...
May 5, 2008
SciencePunk by Frank the SciencePunk
Today’s choke-on-your-cornflakes story of stupidity from the Daily Mail is a report on flocks of killer ravens that are attacking ...
May 4, 2008
SciencePunk by Frank the SciencePunk
Spotted today as I was lazing in front of the TV: this bullshit advert from fertiliser makers Miracle Gro. ...
Pyjamas in Bananas by pj
Huedo-Medina, Johnson, and Kirsch have submitted a further response on PLOS Medicine in reply to further comments by myself and ...
Pyjamas in Bananas by pj
Something that always annoys me about election coverage is the amazingly unsophisticated interpretation of the resulting statistics. For instance, in ...
May 3, 2008
gimpy's blog by gimpy
The Alliance of Registered Homeopaths (ARH) are one of the bodies purporting to regulate homeopaths and protect the public. ...
Pyjamas in Bananas by pj
Just think how many Tories there are who, while I wouldn't vote for them, would at least be competent to ...
May 2, 2008
jdc325's Weblog by jdc325
Alister and Joanna Collicut McGrath wrote The Dawkins Delusion in 2007 and I’ve just borrowed a copy from my library. ...
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