Medical Research for the Science Fair

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I am really at a loss for understanding yet another positive acupuncture study that was as well designed as my 8th grade science fair project. Ki, I was a nerdy science kid, but I could do a better job drunk. I think I should conduct a followup study in which I test the . . . → Preberite več: Medical Research for the Science Fair

Genij tiska, v.III

Yet another installment of my favorite series, the genius of the press. This article comes from ABC news, who can identify this caterpillar? It is decidedly NOT a gypsy moth.

Fellow entomology blogger Myrmecos had a similar story last week.

Genij tiska, part II

Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?

Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.

Zdravniki so ven.

Ujel sem kratek zračenje TV show “Zdravniki“, današnja epizoda je bil naslovljen “Nujne medicinske pomoči, ne morete prezreti”. Za večino del pa Izprazniti pozitivne medicinske zdravstvenih trditvah. Prav tako Mehur na približno “zdravo” živila in stvari, ki so dobre za vas in “nevarnosti” of all kinds of common household bacteria/chemicals and . . . → Preberite več: Zdravniki so ven.

NY Times FAIL – Akupunktura

Today I found this article in NY times healthtouting the benefits of acupuncture used for depression relief in pregnant women. I have a few problems with the journalist, Shirley S. Wang, failing to remain skeptical in her piece. But this comes as no surprise, so I won’t bother to point out obvious flaws . . . → Preberite več: NY Times FAIL – Akupunktura