It may not seem like much when it comes to dealing with animal rights “activists” who cross the line into vandalism, harassment, and intimidation, but it’s a start: Three animal rights activists who organized a campaign to harass employees and clients of a New Jersey research lab were sen tenced to prison yesterday by a […]
Category: Medicine
It’s about time it was Friday. No, it’s not because it will mean any less work for me; in fact, this weekend will probably mean more, as I have to go to a workshop that’s more like boot camp. It’s more because the subject matter of this blog had become such a major bummer, with […]
I never knew that puppies liked logic and critical thinking. I always thought that they liked running, playing, eating, sleeping, and being petted. But, according to Janet Stemwedel, there is at least one puppy who is a budding skeptic, and bad reasoning and gullibility make him sad. She explains in the introduction to the 43rd […]
With the latest edition of the Skeptics’ Circle due to appear later today, I’d just like to point out that I’ve become aware of two new skeptical blogs: Action Skeptics (I like its catchphrase, “Annoying stupid people, one woo at a time.”) The Antidote: Counterspin for Health Care and Health News They’re worth checking out, […]
Tangled Bank
Tangled Bank #62 has been posted at The Hairy Museum of Natural History. Get your science blogging fix.
