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Monthly Archives: April 2001
Does New Study Prove Gulf War Syndrome Is Real?
A new study of British Gulf War veterans claims to demonstrate that Gulf War Syndrome is real. But a close look at what the researchers found — and more importantly, did not find — casts even more doubts on the … Continue reading
Missing Genitals Hysteria Sweeps Nigeria
Sometimes superstitions and pseudo-scientific beliefs can be deadly, especially if they become coupled with mass hysteria. This has been an ongoing problem in Nigeria where at least 12 people were recently killed by lynch mobs for a bizarre reason — … Continue reading
Do Breast Implants Cause Lung and Brain Cancer?
Two new studies have raised fears that breast implants may cause lung or brain cancer. But the study results in those two instances were likely the result of chance and mask another interesting, but also likely chance, finding — women … Continue reading
Are Ocean Temperatures Gradually Increasing?
The Cato Institute’s Patrick Michaels had some interesting commentary on a recent much-publicized study that found the temperature of the Earth’s oceans had increased by 0.11 degress Celsius from 1955-1996. First, Michaels notes that the author of the study, Sydney … Continue reading
John Edward’s Cold Reading Gig
The first time I saw and advertisement for the SciFi Channel’s “Crossing Over with John Edward,” I was tempted to cancel my subscription to the channel. I reconsidered after smugly thinking that nobody would possibly take the show seriously and … Continue reading
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Milloy Dissects Anti-Soft Drink Claims
It is widely assumed that soft drinks contribute to obesity in young people — but is it true? In an op-ed piece for The Washington Times, Steve Milloy points out that four new studies conducted at the Georgetown Center for … Continue reading
The Problem with Media Coverage of Global Warming
A recent study by British scientists related to climate change illustrates the problematic way in which the media cover issues that touch on global warming. The study itself was very interesting, but the media coverage tended toward sensationalism. First, the … Continue reading
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“Dangerous” Levels of Radiation Found in Washington, DC
Aside from the incredible content, one of the things I have always liked about JunkScience.Com is Steve Milloy’s ability to see the amusing side of things and put a humorous twist to his debunking of junk science. He’s in the … Continue reading
Is Cold Fusion a Constitutionally Protected Religion?
No, I’m not making this up. I got to arguing about cold fusion when it came up last week in a horribly credulous book review posted on Slashdot. I would have thought the whole topic would have died out years … Continue reading
Project Censored’s Lunacy: The 2001 Version
Project Censored’s latest list of the most underreported stories is out and once again they highlight the enormous problem with some left wing criticism of the media. It is not that they don’t find an occasional story that really did … Continue reading