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May 2011

  • It’s true, college is a rat race

April 2011

  • Skeptics vs. Quacks: Who’s winning?
  • Towards a quantum Theory of Everything (including dirty dishes)
  • Politico.ie covers “The Babel Fish”
  • The Babel Fish Dilemma: Talking Science with Non-Scientists
  • Alcohol causes cancer? If you assume so, yes
  • Extinction of religion predicted by mathematics? Don’t count on it
  • “Atheists die first”: CNN’s “expert” fights back

March 2011

  • A fishy tale: Omega-3, Alzheimer’s, and IQ
  • Superfast “supermoon” U-turn by the Daily Mail
  • “Radiation is good for Japan”: Coulter’s case dissected
  • Reiki, cancer, and the problem of informed consent
  • When is a nuclear meltdown not a nuclear meltdown?
  • Can geography affect depression treatment?
  • The Irish Times: Promoting homeopathy, endangering children?
  • The BMA’s dodgy claim about British GPs and CAM
  • Right-wingers are better looking, study doesn’t show
  • How not to perform genetic engineering
  • The science of tea: News-reporting as PR

February 2011

  • “Pregnant thanks to acupuncture”
  • ‘Science News’ and Football: Together at last
  • Do polling locations influence election outcomes?
  • “Menopause relief: Do not use if pregnant”
  • Emergency contraception: Pragmatics, politics, and (just) a little science
  • Views on the Homeopathic Emergency Room
  • Breast milk, genes, and IQ
  • Football manager Ian Dowie, a loss to chemical engineering?
  • On jargon
  • Creation myth…
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