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If You Think You Can Survive on 'Junk Food and Cigarettes,' You're an Idiot
The Daily Mail has been trailing a new book this week by "leading science writer" Tony Edwards. The first extract from the book gave the paper a valuable opportunity to address the important question of whether red wine causes or cures cancer.
Hey, Fat Lazy Adults, Stop Slagging Off British Kids
We're setting children a bad example and blaming them for following it.
We Should Probably Stop Leaving Our Trash All Over Space
Back in space's wild west days nations could go around shooting hundreds of millions of copper needles into orbit in an effort to create a gigantic ring of antennae around the Earth all willy nilly. Now, as a planet, we've collectively realized leaving...
Calling Bullshit on Richard Dawkins and His Little Pot of Honey
After airport security confiscated his nectar, he started arguing, in essence, that we could train border agents by showing them Team America: World Police on loop for a few days.
Our Government Cares More About the Media Than Science
Politicians need a backbone – not a Royal Charter – if they really want to curb the power of the press.
Is the PR Industry Buying Influence Over Wikipedia?
Investigating the links between Wiki-PR, a company that specializes in editing Wikipedia on behalf of their paying clients, and the website's trusted editing hierarchy.
On Climate Change, Ed Miliband Is Just Another Tory
He's just as willing to fuck over the children for the sake of appeasing the parents.
For the Last Time: There's No Proof That Video Games Make People Violent
In fact, as violent games have got more popular, violent crime in Britain has steadily gone down.
Rupert Murdoch Made Me Want to Deny Climate Change
(Image via) Rupert Murdoch brought the world of science to its knees last week with a simple tweet aimed at Al Gore, the man he apparently views as the leading authority on all things climate change: Al Gore. Pls explain record increase...
Why We Shouldn't Trust UK Police with Tasers
Friendly British Bobbies are coming for you with their stun guns.
Are Chemical Weapons Actually Useful in a War?
Bashar Assad gave the US an excuse to enter the war when he used chemical weapons against the Syrian rebels trying to overthrow him, but in this day and age such weapons aren't very effective ways of killing people.