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The Kraken, the Yeti and the sceptical Mail journalist – three mythical beasts?
Because one ridiculous article wasn’t enough, today the Mail has two articles about the possible discoveries of cryptozoological beasties: Is this finally proof the Yeti exists? Abominable Snowman...
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The EU, prunes, and the problem with “patent truth”
Hey! I know it’s been a while since I blogged. Hopefully you haven’t missed me too much. Anyway. Prunes are not a laxative, EU rules, says today’s Telegraph, endowing the EU with frankly godlike...
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Blowing in the wind
Today, The Times claims that “Wind farms paid to close on windy days”. Unfortunately, because of the paywall, I can’t actually see the article to comment on it. Luckily, the Daily Mail has written...
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Mitochondria donation nonsense
A bunch of mitochondria just hanging out. For various largely uninteresting reasons, I’ve not blogged lately. But then I came across this article on The Guardian website today, a for-and-against piece...
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Did GM soy cause allergies to soar? Probably not.
So, California’s planning a referendum on the labelling of genetically modified food. The Guardian has covered this not in it’s regular news pages, but in its Comment is Free section, under the title...
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50 Shades of Babies
Baby boom predicted next year thanks to success of Fifty Shades of Grey books, says theDaily Mail today. It’s such nonsense that I don’t really know where to be being. Let’s have a quick rundown of the...
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No drug is tested on humans, except all the drugs tested on humans
Another day, another “science” piece on Comment is Free that plays fast and loose with the science. Let’s get this over with. When a dog with a life-threatening uterine infection was recently carried...
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The Telegraph’s “depraved sexual fantasies”
A couple of weeks ago, The Telegraph ran an article titled “Women’s sexual fantasies less depraved than men’s“. I didn’t see the article at the time, but it’s clearly gone on to have a big second life...
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The Sun, 20 mph speed limits, and a lot of nonsense
CONTROVERSIAL 20mph speed limits designed to cut road casualties are not working, official figures show. So says The Sun anyway*. So, what’s the problem? A report from the Department for Transport...
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Organic farming is 3 times better than GM? Not so fast.
The Guardian today has a Comment is Free piece, Genetically modifying and patenting seeds isn’t the answer. Comment is Free seems to have lower standards for truth than regular articles – I’ve written...
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