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Its a bit over a year old now, but I happened to run across this Wired story from December 2003 with a familiar them — evil corporations are trying to punish the heroic researchers who expose the inherent problems with … Continue reading →

In January, Kenya announced that its HIV rate had fell almost in half overnight. But this was not due to any new program adopted by Kenya. Rather the government released a more accurate estimate that only 6.7 percent of people … Continue reading →

In 1992 Anthony Bragdon was convicted of assault with intent to rape and sentenced to 30 years in jail. Bragdon’s conviction was recently reversed by a Washington D.C. Superior Court that found an FBI expert on fiber and hair evidence … Continue reading →

Proving that it’s not just nutcase religious types who are wont to give firm predictions about the end of the world, British astronomer Martin Rees received a lot of credulous news coverage for his claim that human species only has … Continue reading →

Ronald Bailey wrote an interesting survey back in March of research on depleted uranium. As Bailey notes, studies from a wide variety of sources fail to find any negative health consequences from depleted uranium despite the anti-DU rhetoric from environmentalists … Continue reading →

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher Steven Leadon resigned from his position in June amid allegations that he “fabricated and falsified findings.” Leadon was a professor of radiation oncology and headed up Chapel Hill’s molecular radiobiology program. In … Continue reading →

Writing for TechCentralStation, Iain Murray did an excellent job in April of pointing out some flaws in the way that the latest report from The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on traffic accidents and fatalities was covered. As Murray notes, … Continue reading →

In May the New England Journal of Medicine published two new studies looking at the Atkins Diet which, oddly enough, received diametrically different spin from different news agencies. Here’s how the Associated Press covered the new studies, Atkins Diet Bolstered … Continue reading →

A Mayo Clinic study that looked at mortality rates among patients with anorexia nervosa over a period of 60 years concluded that people diagnosed with the disorder die at the same rate as people who do not have the disorder. … Continue reading →

Sydney Smith wrote an interesting look at activists and others who complain that food and food alone is responsible for the increasing rate of obesity in America that notes they are missing a major component of obesity — lack of … Continue reading →