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How does homeopathy work?
June 15th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
In the UK, today marks the start of Homeopathy Awareness Week. This is an annual event and this year’s theme is a natural approach for the symptoms of hay fever. So how does homeopathy work exactly? The site states: “Scientifically it can not yet be explained precisely how it works, but new theories in quantum […]
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How does Brain Gym work?
June 12th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I’ve just started reading “Bad Science” by Ben Goldacre. An early target of the book is a movement called Brain Gym which is practised in many schools in Britain and various institutions around the world. Goldacre calls it “so obviously, transparently foolish”. So how does Brain Gym work exactly? Well, let’s go to the official […]
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The magic of radionics
June 2nd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
The “Daily Telegraph” has unquestionably achieved the scoop of the year with its exposure of the excessive and fraudulent expense claims of so many Members of Parliament. A lot of journalists have worked very thoroughly and professionally on this story. So, why does the same newspaper report on so-called radionics without using the same need […]
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A brief guide to magic medicine
May 23rd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
My views are captured completely in this guide So why do people believe in these so-called alternative therapies? – see my explanation here. Clearly none of these therapies has passed the sort of double blind test that I am currently trialling with the polypill – see here.
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Who is Ida?
May 20th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Ida is a 47 million year old, perfectly preserved primate recovered from the Messel Pit in Germany. This is the most complete early primate fossil ever found, and scientists believe that she could be one of our earliest ancestors. She is a remarkable link between the first primates and modern humans and despite having lived […]
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You’re never alone with a Vergatario
May 12th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
In the last week or so, my mobile has saved my sanity as I’ve struggled to regain my lost fixed line connection to the Internet [for the 10 days that shook my world, see here]. But my iPhone cost me £269 when I bought it days after it was first released in the UK a […]
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How to understand evolution
April 7th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
This week, I went along to the National History Museum in central London to see the Darwin Big Idea exhibition. The display boards carry very useful information but the display cases are dark and the text is hard to read. However, the exhibition was originally put together by the American Museum of Natural History in […]
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How was humankind created?
March 2nd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
“It is intriguing that 37% of people believe that humans evolved by a process of evolution which removes any need for God. 28% of people think that humans evolved by a process of evolution which can be seen as part of God’s plan. 11% believe in Intelligent Design (the idea that humans evolved by a […]
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Darwin’s bicentenary
February 12th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Today is the bicentenary of the birth of the English naturalist Charles Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882). Darwin was the creator of the theory of evolution which has now been proved beyond any reasonable doubt and which has transformed our vision and understanding of the natural world and our place in it. […]
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Is UFO report a wind up? (2)
February 11th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
A month ago, I did a posting about media reports that a wind turbine in Lincolnshire operated by Ecotricity had broken as a result of being hit by a UFO. At the time, Dale Vince, Ecotricity’s managing director, told the BBC that the UFO theory was “the best … that we have currently got”. I […]
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