Bad Science http://www.badscience.net Ben Goldacre's Bad Science column from the Guardian and more... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:20:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Steve Connor is an angry man http://www.badscience.net/2009/07/steve-connor-is-getting-eggy/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/07/steve-connor-is-getting-eggy/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:44:34 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/07/steve-connor-is-getting-eggy/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/07/steve-connor-is-getting-eggy/feed/ 59 I’m doing a talk at Glastonbury, Saturday 5pm Green Fields Speakers Tent http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/im-doing-a-talk-at-glastonbury-saturday-5pm-green-fields-speakers-tent/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/im-doing-a-talk-at-glastonbury-saturday-5pm-green-fields-speakers-tent/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:22:17 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/im-doing-a-talk-at-glastonbury-saturday-5pm-green-fields-speakers-tent/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/im-doing-a-talk-at-glastonbury-saturday-5pm-green-fields-speakers-tent/feed/ 30 World Conference of Science Journalists – Troublemakers Fringe, Penderel’s Oak Pub, Holborn, 1st July 8pm – Midnight http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/world-conference-of-science-journalists-troublemakers-fringe-penderels-oak-pub-holborn-1st-july-8pm-midnight/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/world-conference-of-science-journalists-troublemakers-fringe-penderels-oak-pub-holborn-1st-july-8pm-midnight/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:05:04 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=1237 http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/world-conference-of-science-journalists-troublemakers-fringe-penderels-oak-pub-holborn-1st-july-8pm-midnight/feed/ 15 Steorn perpetual motion machine, amazingly, may not work: independent jury resigns http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/steorn-perpetual-motion-co-s-independent-jury-runs-out-of-energy/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/steorn-perpetual-motion-co-s-independent-jury-runs-out-of-energy/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:42:59 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/steorn-perpetual-motion-co-s-independent-jury-runs-out-of-energy/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/steorn-perpetual-motion-co-s-independent-jury-runs-out-of-energy/feed/ 18 Behind the curtains http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/behind-the-curtains/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/behind-the-curtains/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:10:41 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/behind-the-curtains/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/behind-the-curtains/feed/ 11 This is my column. This is my column on drugs. Any questions? http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/this-is-my-column-this-is-my-column-on-drugs-any-questions/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/this-is-my-column-this-is-my-column-on-drugs-any-questions/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:01:00 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/this-is-my-column-this-is-my-column-on-drugs-any-questions/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/this-is-my-column-this-is-my-column-on-drugs-any-questions/feed/ 61 Home taping didn’t kill music http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/home-taping-didnt-kill-music/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/home-taping-didnt-kill-music/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:36:00 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/home-taping-didnt-kill-music/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/home-taping-didnt-kill-music/feed/ 95 Dodgy academic PR http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/dodgy-academic-pr/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/dodgy-academic-pr/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 04:20:12 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/dodgy-academic-pr/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/dodgy-academic-pr/feed/ 23 To the battlefield, my fellow dweebs! http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/to-the-battlefield-my-fellow-dweebs/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/to-the-battlefield-my-fellow-dweebs/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 00:04:25 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=1155 http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/to-the-battlefield-my-fellow-dweebs/feed/ 21 What would you say to people from the developing world who use science to make decisions, but don’t necessarily always have a lot of time, or know a lot about it? http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/what-would-you-say-to-people-from-the-developing-world-who-use-science-to-make-decisions-but-dont-necessarily-always-have-a-lot-of-time-or-know-a-lot-about-it/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/what-would-you-say-to-people-from-the-developing-world-who-use-science-to-make-decisions-but-dont-necessarily-always-have-a-lot-of-time-or-know-a-lot-about-it/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 12:00:41 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=1151 http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/what-would-you-say-to-people-from-the-developing-world-who-use-science-to-make-decisions-but-dont-necessarily-always-have-a-lot-of-time-or-know-a-lot-about-it/feed/ 97 Chilling warning to parents from top neuroscientist http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/professor-baroness-susan-greenfield-cbe/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/professor-baroness-susan-greenfield-cbe/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 23:17:11 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/professor-baroness-susan-greenfield-cbe/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/professor-baroness-susan-greenfield-cbe/feed/ 66 Elsevier get into fanzines http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/elsevier-get-into-fanzines/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/elsevier-get-into-fanzines/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 23:03:00 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/elsevier-get-into-fanzines/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/elsevier-get-into-fanzines/feed/ 35 A characteristically amateurish and socially inappropriate approach to pitching an article http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/a-characteristically-amateurish-and-socially-inappropriate-approach-to-pitching-an-article/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/a-characteristically-amateurish-and-socially-inappropriate-approach-to-pitching-an-article/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 17:56:30 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/a-characteristically-amateurish-and-socially-inappropriate-approach-to-pitching-an-article/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/a-characteristically-amateurish-and-socially-inappropriate-approach-to-pitching-an-article/feed/ 19 I don’t really get why people are chatting about Tamiflu as if it’s all that http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/i-dont-really-get-why-people-are-chatting-about-tamiflu-as-if-its-all-that/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/i-dont-really-get-why-people-are-chatting-about-tamiflu-as-if-its-all-that/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 23:01:00 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/i-dont-really-get-why-people-are-chatting-about-tamiflu-as-if-its-all-that/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/i-dont-really-get-why-people-are-chatting-about-tamiflu-as-if-its-all-that/feed/ 52 PARMAGEDDON http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/parmageddon/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/parmageddon/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:11:25 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/parmageddon/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/parmageddon/feed/ 59 Giving it some chat on the Today Programme, Radio 4, about dumbing down and why scientists often don’t like media scientists http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/giving-it-some-chat-on-the-today-programme-radio-4-about-dumbing-down-and-why-scientists-often-dont-like-media-scientists/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/giving-it-some-chat-on-the-today-programme-radio-4-about-dumbing-down-and-why-scientists-often-dont-like-media-scientists/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:39:46 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/giving-it-some-chat-on-the-today-programme-radio-4-about-dumbing-down-and-why-scientists-often-dont-like-media-scientists/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/giving-it-some-chat-on-the-today-programme-radio-4-about-dumbing-down-and-why-scientists-often-dont-like-media-scientists/feed/ 70 A frankly thin contrivance for writing on the fascinating issue of subgroup analysis http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/a-frankly-thin-contrivance-for-writing-on-the-fascinating-issue-of-subgroup-analysis/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/a-frankly-thin-contrivance-for-writing-on-the-fascinating-issue-of-subgroup-analysis/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:29:50 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/a-frankly-thin-contrivance-for-writing-on-the-fascinating-issue-of-subgroup-analysis/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/a-frankly-thin-contrivance-for-writing-on-the-fascinating-issue-of-subgroup-analysis/feed/ 51 Experts say new scientific evidence helpfully justifies massive pre-existing moral prejudice. http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/experts-say-new-scientific-evidence-helpfully-justifies-massive-pre-existing-moral-prejudice/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/experts-say-new-scientific-evidence-helpfully-justifies-massive-pre-existing-moral-prejudice/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:45:07 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/experts-say-new-scientific-evidence-helpfully-justifies-massive-pre-existing-moral-prejudice/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/experts-say-new-scientific-evidence-helpfully-justifies-massive-pre-existing-moral-prejudice/feed/ 67 Matthias Rath – steal this chapter http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/matthias-rath-steal-this-chapter/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/matthias-rath-steal-this-chapter/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:25:32 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/matthias-rath-steal-this-chapter/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/matthias-rath-steal-this-chapter/feed/ 109 New cheap paperback edition of Bad Science is out now http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/new-cheap-paperback-edition-of-bad-science-is-out-now/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/new-cheap-paperback-edition-of-bad-science-is-out-now/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:54:28 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/new-cheap-paperback-edition-of-bad-science-is-out-now/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/new-cheap-paperback-edition-of-bad-science-is-out-now/feed/ 30