Posts Tagged ‘ anti-science ’

Updates on anti-vax, woo, and flying cars…

November 13, 2009
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Updates on anti-vax, woo, and flying cars…

I have updates on some of what I’ve been writing about lately. So listen up! In my H1N1 post, I mentioned the “backwards walking cheerleader.”  Via Skepchick, please read this entire post by Orac summing up the aftermath. In summary, Desiree Jennings was taken in by Generation Rescue, the anti-vaxx group that Jenny McCarthy associates…

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Where's Nicole?

March 31, 2009
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Where's Nicole?

I’m still around. Promise! The last few weeks have been super busy with travel, being sick, and work. Coming up in the next few weeks are my thesis committee meeting, a regional conference for my grant, a bellydance workshop, and a class project to design and guide, and generally trying to keep my project moving! …

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Ben Goldacre on MMR, autism, and the media

March 13, 2009
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Ben Goldacre has an important message about the MMR vaccine, autism, and children’s health. In fact his website, Bad Science, is chock-full of science, pseudo-science, and those that can’t tell the difference. And, despite his blog title, the hair is adorable. Very Tom Baker-esque. Also, I’ve added that “Talk nerdy to me” sticker to my…

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Stepping into the intelligent design debate…

February 27, 2009
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Stepping into the intelligent design debate…

My inbox exploded last week due to two things: a good discussion on editing and publishing our research group’s paper and a debate on Intelligent Design. Luckily, I have my Thunderbird inbox set to view as threaded, so it wasn’t that much of a mess. My paper comments will stay with the PAPER group, but…

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Interesting news from the BBC

August 5, 2008
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First, a cool video from Steve on Twitter, tracking ships, taxis, planes, and even chatter across Britain, from the BBC… cool! Next, BBC Magazine asks, do they really think the earth is flat? As NASA turns 50, we have to wonder… Surely in our era of space exploration – where satellites take photos of our…

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