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The NY Post reported yesterday that a brain-training type programme had been taken up by dozens of schools in New York, despite its connections to the Dahn Yoga cult. A controversial teaching program linked to an alleged cult leader managed...
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This strange episode of dodgy science and publishing is worth reprinting in its entirety from Ars Technica: Scientific publishing weirdness: This paper didn't strike me as weird so much as completely bonkers, given its opening sentence: "I reject the Darwinian...
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See below: Dear skeptical bloggers, podcasters, and keen supporters of skepticism,Inspired by the annual The Open Laboratory, the Skeptical Blog Anthology is a printed anthology of blog posts voted the very best of 2009, managed by the Young Australian Skeptics...
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It's sublime to see how "emotionalising" by Greenpeace turns into fodder for their antithesis, Not Evil Just Wrong. When you abandon science for scare tactics, nobody wins....
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Potions & Possibilities, makers of high-end toiletries and aromatherapy products, are claiming their products to be effective in the control of deadly swine flu. A document circulated on the internet lists "Top 10 tips for natural infection control". Originally circulated...
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Alternative medicine in the West has provided us with a constant source of amusement and occasional infuriation, but transplanted to the developing world, these homeopaths may prove as deadly as the diseases they claim to treat.
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Thanks to Ian for this classic advert, seemingly dating to around the flu pandemic 1918. Just like the classic "Guinness is good for you" ads, Bovril tried to get in on the action by claiming their beef stock drink has...
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Kathy Sykes, Professor of Sciences and Society at Bristol University has written a provocative article in the latest New Scientist entitled "Science in the media: Put up or shut up" The star of Rough Science argues that while science communication...
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The alternative medicine industry has been complaining that regulations demanding they prove their products are safe before being granted a licence resemble "a sledgehammer to crack a walnut". Global Regulatory Services reports from a keynote debate at the Natural &...
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Tune in to Richard Bacon's talk radio show on BBC 5 Live tonight, where I'll be fighting the skeptic's corner for the evening's debate: Should we all be looking for our inner self?: Some therapists claim the key to a...
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