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Starguide: April
What can star gazers look forward to seeing in the month of April? @Astro_jenny gives us the low down. Continue reading
Posted in headline, Science
Tagged april starguide, astronomy, Hyades, Jenny Winder, jupiter, Leo, lyrids, Mars, Pleiades, Regulus, Satuurn, Seeliger effect, Sombrero Galaxy, starguide, Thatchers Comet, Venus
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Why I hate liquid nitrogen
Jamie Ball, Fame Lab UK runner up, gives us take on science communication or “why he hates liquid nitrogen”… Continue reading
Posted in Featured, opinion, Science
Tagged demonstrations, Jamie Gallagher, liquid nitrogen, Science communication
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Headlines? Spit!
John Andrews bemoans the sub-editors disregard for science in their quest for a catchy headline Continue reading
Posted in Featured, opinion, Scepticism
Tagged john richards, media, news, Science communication, Skepticism, weight loss
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Bite Sized Science: Greenland gets greener?
A study has suggested that the complete melting of Greenland ice sheet is occurring at a lower global temperature than first thought. Continue reading
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Tagged Climate change, earth, greenland, ice melt, Kirsty Robathan, Science
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My ambivalence to Jurassic Park
Has Jurassic Park done more harm than good for palaeontology? Continue reading
Posted in Featured, headline, opinion, Science
Tagged dave hone, dinosaurs, Jurassic park, movies, palepoontolopgy, Science communication
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A Heavy Burden Pt. 2: How Not To Lose Weight
While there are plenty of losers in the growing obesity epidemic facing Americans today, the estimated 40 billion a year weight loss industry sure isn’t one of them. Ed Cara investigates. Continue reading
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Tagged diets, ed cara, excercise, gurus, pseudoscience, skeptic, the heavy burden of weight, weightloss
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Science and Christianity: Allies or Enemies?
Are science and christianity allies or enemies? Terry Rogers explores the issue… Continue reading
Burzynski's Ghosts
Edwin (Ed) Allen Gochenour was a Georgia state Senator who testified in Burzynskis defence claiming his treatment worked. 21 months later he was dead. He is just one of Burzynski’s ghosts, there are many others. Continue reading
Posted in headline, opinion, Scepticism
Tagged antineoplasteons, Burzynski, burzynski patient group, CAM, Keir Liddle, public record, survival rates
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The HHO Scam and the Prisoners' Dilemma
Is there a simple device that you can fit to your car that increases fuel efficiency by 30% Colm Ryan is skeptical… Continue reading
Posted in Featured, opinion, Scepticism
Tagged Automotive, big auto, big oil, Colm Ryan, conspiracy, HHO Scam, Prisoner's Dilemma
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It's the little things that count
Human beings are having a dramatic effect on our planet, even though the real power we wield over it is relatively small. Adam Stevens looks at our role in climate change Continue reading
Posted in headline, Science
Tagged adam stevens, anthropogenic climate change, Climate change, el nino, greenland ice sheet
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