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Who needs facts? These vaccine conspiracy pieces write themselves…14 comments

draust wrote 1 month ago: As I write this, Chief PR Man and Publicist of the “New Wave” Vaccines-Cause-Autism-No-They-Real … more »

Tags: bad science, Medicine

The "toxins in vaccines" crowd are still with us5 comments

draust wrote 1 month ago: Rather depressingly, the anti-vaccinationists, those Never-say-die Energizer Bunny types of the Alt … more »

Tags: Alternative Medicine, cargo cult science, Medicine, vaccine s

The Vote is in

draust wrote 2 months ago: - as of three hours ago. And, for now, the liberal social consensus just about continues to hold i … more »

Tags: bad science, Science

Over-egged?12 comments

draust wrote 2 months ago: As I sit here, the first day’s votes on the Human Embryo Bill currently before the UK parliame … more »

Tags: bad science

Experts: hired lackeys - & moon made of cream cheese.16 comments

draust wrote 2 months ago: It is a bit of a tough gig being an “expert” these days. Not so much in what I do, of course. I … more »

Tags: bad science, Medicine, The Internet

What gets children into science? The stuff we're cutting... like Jodrell Bank

draust wrote 4 months ago:   Dr Aust is, in case you hadn’t guessed by now, A Grumpy Old Fart. Well, a Grumpy Middle-age … more »

Tags: Cosmic insignificance, ruling idiocies

Knightie Knight

bikemonkey wrote 6 months ago: Sheep cloner Ian Wilmut, Knighted. Vision neuroscientist and recent MRC head Colin Blakemore, stiffe … more »

Tags: BikeMonkey, NIH Careerism

Huckabee on Medical Marijuana6 comments

bikemonkey wrote 6 months ago: I posted on John Edwards views on medical marijuana before, here’s Mike Huckabee fielding a si … more »

Tags: BikeMonkey, Drug Abuse Science

Do you use a computer?

bikemonkey wrote 6 months ago: Then you should know a little something about this group of pioneering programmers of the ENIAC. (h/ … more »

Tags: BikeMonkey

Political Science12 comments

drugmonkey wrote 6 months ago: Please excuse a little diversion from the regularly scheduled programming. I thought this would get … more »

On (not) shunning the disgraced3 comments

drugmonkey wrote 7 months ago: He’s baaaaaack. Woo Suk Hwang of faked cloning fame has been publishing new work (Update 1/2/0 … more »

Tags: Scientific Publication, Peer Review, Science & Ethics

Edwards on Medical MJ12 comments

bikemonkey wrote 7 months ago: John Edwards on both Medical Marijuana and, wait for it, the role of science in public policy. [h/t … more »

Tags: Drug Abuse Science

Black Like Jim11 comments

bikemonkey wrote 7 months ago: Oh come on now. This is just too good. Almost like the prohibitionist, gay-bashing, pro-family polit … more »

Calls For A Presidential Science Debate7 comments

drugmonkey wrote 7 months ago: Mooney and Kirshenbaum of The Intersection are calling for a Presidential Debate on Science in the 2 … more »

Tags: ScienceBlogging

KNOW YOUR ENEMY #112 comments

jonmyersiii wrote 1 year ago: Today we begin a new feature called “Know Your Enemy,” in which I interview, well, the e … more »

Tags: General

THE BIG SPACE FUCK29 comments

jonmyersiii wrote 2 years ago: The above title is taken from a very dirty Kurt Vonnegut short story, and as a good Christian I rare … more »

Tags: Christian Ethics, General

PEGGY NOONAN, GLOBAL WARMING & THE CLASH BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE1 comment

jonmyersiii wrote 2 years ago: Aside from the fact that her politics are a bit too centrist for my tastes, I generally like Peggy N … more »

Tags: General

JOHN McCAIN ON INTELLIGENT DESIGN2 comments

jonmyersiii wrote 2 years ago: John McCain recently spoke out on Intelligent Design, and I couldn’t be happier with what he s … more »

Tags: General

BUSH VETOES STEM CELL BILL1 comment

jonmyersiii wrote 2 years ago: Just as he said he would, President Bush vetoed H.R. 810, “The Stem Cell Research Enhancement … more »

Tags: General


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