http://www.badscience.net Ben Goldacre's Bad Science column from the Guardian and more... Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:48:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en ©Ben Goldacre ben@badscience.net (Ben Goldacre) ben@badscience.net science 1440 science, pseudoscience, quackery, homeopathy, geek, nutrition, skeptic The great British sport of Moron Baiting. Ben Goldacre is a medical doctor who writes the Bad Science column in the Guardian, examining the claims of scaremongering journalists, quack health products, pseudoscientific cosmetics adverts, and evil multinational pharmaceutical corporations. The blog is funny. The podcast features lectures, radio appearances, long rambing interviews, squabbles, and shouting matches with famous academics. 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