Brain Science Podcast

Science And Skeptic Podcasts You Need To Hear

by podblack on April 9, 2009

I’m very very busy at the moment – but as I sit here on the couch downloading podcasts as I watch The Mentalist (and I have sooo much to say about the episode on hypnotism and neurolinguistic programming… in the future) I though I should give you some podcast links and why I recommend them! [...]

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Now It Has Hit The Times – Jeni Barnett Barney Over MMR

by podblack on February 10, 2009

EDIT TO ADD – Dr Ginger Campbell of Brain Science podcast also faces lashback over her recent interview with Dr. Paul Offit, author of “Autism’s False Prophets,” which does a good job of detailing the story of Andrew Wakefield, the anti-vaccine lobby’s “hero.” Please feel free to copy and share this interview with others. And [...]

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Ben Goldacre For The Win – And You Win With Brain Science!

by podblack on September 15, 2008

Two items of great interest – first, a message from Ben ‘Bad Science’ Goldacre: “Just to let you know, I’ve today emerged rather victoriously from a million dollar libel case with a vitamin quack. He’s helped kill large numbers of people with aids in South Africa (6 million HIV positive) by taking out full page [...]

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Best Reads – Where Is The Science?

by podblack on June 26, 2008

From Slashdot: “A recent headline at Entertainment Weekly suggests that the ’100 Best Reads’ of the last 25 years do not include a single science book (not even a popular science book). In response, cosmologist Sean Carroll at Cosmic Variance has given an interesting analysis of EW’s disappointing list, and Soul Physics is calling for [...]

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Do Insert Into Cerebrum!

by podblack on November 27, 2007

I usually just pick up Wired magazine when it’s available and add it to the pile of periodicals that overflow in my office (really must get scanning over the holidays to avoid the paper pile), so please excuse another post on one of their easily-manageable online articles – ‘I was a Neuroscience Guinea-Pig’: Brain experiments [...]

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