Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Just back from getting a blood-test. Urgh. Having a family history of haemochromatosis means that I’m not unused to looking in the other direction as my left arm gets prodded, but it’s never the most pleasant experience. But, with reporting of mid-terms now out of the way (editing may still be ongoing though, will see [...]
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It’s Particle Collision Day!! These are indeed the days of miracles and wonder… Scientists at CERN achieve high-power collisions of sub-atomic particles in the Large Hadron Collider! The livecast is here. I’m going to be very busy for the next few days and probably out of reach – so here’s something to keep you entertained [...]
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Just wanted to mention it in passing. Because every step towards curing cancers of all sorts… is fantastic, as far as I’m concerned. The paper is in Science — “The Tasmanian Devil Transcriptome Reveals Schwann Cell Origins of a Clonally Transmissible Cancer“. There’s three Tasmanian Devils at the zoo in my city, all brothers (because [...]
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I love being in NZ – I use Air NZ when traveling and have stopped off in Auckland a number of times when heading to the USA. This, however, is a brand-new find for me and I seriously hope that other conferences will follow the New Zealand Skeptics example! They just had their conference, held [...]
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Whoot! From CNN: WASHINGTON (AP) – The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on teas, supplements, creams and other products that falsely claim to cure, treat or prevent cancer even though they are not agency-approved drugs. All are available for sale on the Internet. The FDA is afraid drinks or other supplements claiming to [...]
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Heh – A Current Affair Must Apologise: Network Nine’s A Current Affair will have to apologise on air for repeated inaccurate and unfair reporting. It will also have to send the program’s staff to be retrained by broadcasting authorities. The Australian Communications and Media Authority has highlighted the seriousness of the program’s latest transgression, saying [...]
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I was first introduced to this book thanks to a review in The Times – Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools of Us All by Rose Shapiro. The simplest experiment can have the most disturbing result. Type “cure for cancer alternative medicine” into Google and you get 1,900,000 pages. “Cure for cancer chemotherapy” brings up [...]
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Two weeks ago, one of the usual spammy emails got zipped around the workplace ? this one on plastic drinking bottles left in a car: “Hi Ladies! This is how Sheryl Crow got breast cancer. She was on the Ellen show and said this same exact thing [of course, any intelligent person trusts singers and [...]
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