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“There Is No Place For Acupuncture In Medicine.” | Vol. 3 / No. 40.2

August 2, 2016 RFB Skeptical Tuesday

Not On Australia’s Dime… | Photo: Marnie Joyce, CC BY 2.0 As regular readers of This Week In Tomorrow will know, we’re not huge fans of “alternative” medicine here. That’s because, in the words of […]

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Probiotics Are Useless* | Vol. 3 / No. 32.2

June 14, 2016 RFB Skeptical Tuesday

*for healthy adults. | Photo: Ryan Snyder, CC BY 2.0 *** Motherboard announced rather triumphantly that “Probiotics are useless, GMOs are fine, and gluten is necessary” last week, but as usual, claims like that require […]

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So There’s This New Study On Splenda… | Vol. 3 / No. 20.2

March 15, 2016 RFB Skeptical Tuesday

In which a non-scientist (me) asks questions about the reporting of a scientific study and reassures himself — through the twin powers of “reading what other scientists think” and “doing math” — that he’s probably […]

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Calling Calories “Broken” Is Overstating the Case | Vol. 3 / No. 14.2

February 2, 2016 RFB Skeptical Tuesday

“The calorie is broken—and this is why,” says the subheading, in a kind of mantra that’s spreading every day on the internet. Here’s the thing: people have been told over and over that to lose […]

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Another E-Cigarette Post: Diacetyl | Vol. 3 / No. 7.2

December 15, 2015 RFB Skeptical Tuesday

It’s the e-cigarette debate: “popcorn lung” edition. *** The headline hit the news sites last week that certain flavouring agents in e-cigarette liquids contain potentially dangerous compounds. Well, that’s what it would have said. Instead it […]

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Putting Monsanto “On Trial”? Not So Much | Vol. 3 / No. 6.2

December 8, 2015 RFB Skeptical Tuesday

Putting Monsanto “on trial”? It’ll be a kangaroo court at best. *** It was to my great surprise to discover yesterday, thanks to Facebook’s “trending” notifications, that Monsanto is being “put on trial”: “Monsanto: US […]

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Facilitated “Communication” | Vol. 3 / No. 5.2

December 1, 2015 RFB Skeptical Tuesday

“Facilitated communication” has always been a sham.  *** A few weeks ago, David Auerbach wrote a piece for Slate on “facilitated communication,” and I’ve been meaning to write a post about it since then. In case […]

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Stop Saying Blue Origin “Beat” SpaceX | Vol. 3 / No. 4.2

November 24, 2015November 25, 2015 RFB Futurism

This morning everybody and their dog is reporting on the achievement of Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket company, but they’re doing it wrong. *** “Jeff Bezos beats Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the reusable rocket race” […]

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You Didn’t See It, You Weren’t There | Vol. 3 / No. 3.2

November 17, 2015 RFB Skeptical Tuesday

I just can’t even with people, some days. You know? *** The vast majority of us, as we learned of the tragedy in Paris on Friday, felt emotions that fell within a certain range: sadness […]

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Antarctic Ice Is Increasing, But It’s Not Really Good News | Vol. 3 / No. 1.2

November 3, 2015 RFB Skeptical Tuesday

In this week’s #SkepticalTuesday post, I take a look at something that’s going to seem like fodder for the climate-change deniers, and why it really isn’t. *** Every now and then, something crosses my desk […]

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