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Holiday weekend carnivalia

I’ve been a bit remiss in my blog carnival plugging; so here’s my chance to make up for it. Here are some carnivals worth checking out: Carnival of Bad History #14: The Backlog Edition (The name speaks for itself.) Carnivalesque #27 (Ancient, medieval and early modern history.) Tangled Bank #80 (Science.) The Creation Museum (The […]

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Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

From the sublime to the ridiculous

Recently, I discussed a story by the BBC news show Panorama about the Church of Scientology and its ridiculous anti-psychiatry museum. Unfortunately, the show doesn’t always do things right. Over at Bad Science, I find how badly Panorama messed up a story on Wi-Fi, claiming health dangers on the basis of bad science and interviews […]

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Cancer Clinical trials Medicine

An idea to promote innovation in cancer research

Over the last couple of months, I’ve written periodically about cancer research and the complaints that the present system of funding grants and of peer review stifles innovation, as well as whether ideas for which there is some evidence but which fall out of the mainstream are given a fair shake. My overall take has […]

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Entertainment/culture Humor Science fiction/fantasy Television

Finally, the religion for me!

I think I’ve finally found the religion for me… (Click the picture to read about the religion! Hat tip to Robster, FCD.) Moreover, in a direct comparison between Christianity and this new religion, Christianity doesn’t come off so good. (The sad thing is, I get each and every reference in this comic.) Indeed, in the […]

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Medicine

It’s that time of year again in the Midwest

Cicadas! I don’t think I’d have the self-control that the children pictured above do, though.