Nobel laureate joins anti-vaccination crowd at Autism One

Source: Forbes

If you’re reading this from anywhere but Chicago, you just missed the Autism One conference, which ends today. This conference, run by Jenny McCarthy and Generation Rescue, purports to tell parents “the truth” about autism. ...
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How to spot the crackpot — pseudoscience in Pakistan

Source: The Express Tribune Pakistan

The writer teaches physics and political science at LUMS. He holds a doctorate in physics from MIT Bogus science is sharply rising everywhere. One reason is that the science behind everyday stuff is now more involved than it used to be. For ...
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Times Past: Insensitivity led to disregard of human remains

Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune

tool goes here Native American skulls from the Central Coast were discovered at the medical college of the University of Birmingham in England. The cemetery for Mission San Luis Obispo extended from the northern side of the church across ...
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MMA Star Brent Weedman Fights the Fakers, Reps for the JREF

Source: James Randi Educational Foundation

We recently interviewed Weedman about his support of scientific skepticism and his work to advance it within the martial arts world. D. J. Grothe: You are a prize-winning MMA fighter. How did you get into such ...
Full article at: James Randi Educational Foundation  More like this  2 days ago, 11:02am CDT

Traditional Chinese insomnia product sparks warning from Health Canada over excessive mercury

Source: Skeptic

Share this page with friends online. Click the + for more sharing options. [Chung Lien Kulin Brand] Anshen Bunai Pian is promoted as a traditional Chinese medicine used for restlessness and insomnia symptoms in adults. The Hong Kong Department of Health ...
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Geneticists to Study DNA for Signs of Yeti

Source: Patheos Blogs

When I saw the headline "Wanted: Bigfoot hair samples for European study [1]," I assumed that this was either a wild distortion of an actually serious study or the goal of some fringe professor.Both kinds of stories regularly find themselves in t ...
Full article at: Patheos Blogs  More like this  3 days ago, 5:06pm CDT

How Should We Argue For Vaccination?

Source: James Randi Educational Foundation

Back in March a study came out, though it was only recently hyped up in the media, which explored an interesting intersection between psychology, vaccination, and the communication of risk. This study by Cornelia Betsch and Katharina Sachse (2012) co ...
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ACLU Demands Schools "Teach Kids, Not Stereotypes"

Source: Women Talk Sports

The ACLU has launched a program called "" to end the practice of illegal sex-segregated classes across the country. As part of this initiative, the ACLU sent "cease and desist" letters to school districts in Maine, West Virginia, Alabama, ...
Full article at: Women Talk Sports  More like this  4 days ago, 5:34pm CDT

Why the Queen Makes It Hard to Be a Republican

Source: The Huffington Post

This week, many Arsenal fans experienced a strange sense of internal conflict. With resentment in their eyes, and confusion in their hearts, they found themselves cheering on their bitter rivals, Chelsea, in the C ...
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