Bad Science http://www.badscience.net Ben Goldacre's Bad Science column from the Guardian and more... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:43:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Asking for it http://www.badscience.net/2009/07/asking-for-it/ Steve Connor is an angry man http://www.badscience.net/2009/07/steve-connor-is-getting-eggy/ 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/ 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/ 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/ Behind the curtains http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/behind-the-curtains/ 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/ Home taping didn’t kill music http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/home-taping-didnt-kill-music/ Dodgy academic PR http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/dodgy-academic-pr/ To the battlefield, my fellow dweebs! http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/to-the-battlefield-my-fellow-dweebs/ 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/ Chilling warning to parents from top neuroscientist http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/professor-baroness-susan-greenfield-cbe/ Elsevier get into fanzines http://www.badscience.net/2009/05/elsevier-get-into-fanzines/ 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/ 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/ PARMAGEDDON http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/parmageddon/ 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/ 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/ 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/ Matthias Rath – steal this chapter http://www.badscience.net/2009/04/matthias-rath-steal-this-chapter/