Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Bubbling away in the background is a crazy belief regarding DNA The idea is this – every time a woman has sex, some of the DNA from that guy is infused into her. Then later, when she has a kid, the DNA from all her previous partners is passed on to the kid. That’s your … Read more
Last April 16, the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended a press conference that was for a new CDC report on Autism. During it he made statements that were not just wrong, but also deeply offensive and totally crazy. As a bit of background, RFK Jnr has a long history of … Read more
My title might indeed have invoked a few eye-rolls with the mixture of cargo-cult pseudoscience, all carefully wrapped up with a religious woo bow tie, and then encapsulated with a mention of the CIA, but hold fire on that, because there is something real in play here. So what have we got and where does … Read more
Do you feel that you need protecting from all that scary electromagnetic radiation that is coming out of your mobile phone? Well if so, then I have great news, there is a product called “LifeTune One” from Aires Tech that claims to do just that for you. At just under $90 a pop it just … Read more
Since the 1930s, the Loch Ness Monster myth will occasionally pop up and gain a bit of media traction. This latest example comes via “researchers” at The Loch Ness Centre, and yes, there is a reason for the air-quote there, we will come to the reason for that soon enough. I’m sure you are familiar … Read more
Doing your own research sounds like a wonderful idea, but what does it actually mean? For some it might indeed suggest that you go and consult all the available information written by the very best subject matter experts and then you distill that down into a really good understanding of what the best most reliable … Read more