Does Life really exist on a planet orbiting a ‘white dwarf’?
BBC hails a discovery of a planet around a white dwarf in the habitable zone and suggests there may be life there. That suggestion has flaws.
Critical Thinking
Dr Oz Claim: Kids born during pandemic are developmentally delayed
Dr. Oz popped up to abuse a pre-print of a scientific paper purely for personal gain. His track record of bad advice is long established.
Canadian Pharmacists caught selling Sugar water as Magic Potions
Would a reputable pharmacist sell you sugar pills or sugar water and claim that it would magically cure you? If you discovered that, you would quite rightly scream “fraud”. It could never actually happen … right? Wrong. This is a very regular occurrence, not just in Canada, but globally. I’ll come to the CBC story … Read more
Ex-Pfizer scientist wins award for being an ignorant fool
UK’s Skeptic magazine has announced 2021 Ockham Awards. One goes to somebody for doing good stuff. Other recognises worst pseudoscience.
Miracle: Preacher claims Prayer over phone woke Coma man
Lance Wallnau talls a story about waking a man out of a coma. Was this an actual supernatural event or is there something else going on here?
Top 5 weirdest Homeopathy remedy categories
Homeopathy is not a variation of a herbal cure, it is something else. The remedies used are some of the most bizarre concoctions imaginable.