Erin Brockovich to probe New York ‘mass hysteria’ case – latimes.com. Erin Brockovich is really getting involved with the cluster of alleged neurological issues in teenagers in the Leroy, NY area. The article describes the symptoms as “Tourette’s-like”, but I’m… Read More »Erin Brockovich to probe New York ‘mass hysteria’ case
Indiana creationist bill passes committee | NCSE. Midwestern U.S. states are attempting to foist creationist or intelligent design teaching on their public school students, all the while trying to circumvent the Establishment Clause of the Bill of Rights. Indiana’s Senate Committee… Read More »Indiana creationist bill passes committee
Activist Erin Brockovich looking into teens’ mystery ailment – USATODAY.com I keep running into this story in various locations on the internet. During the past few months, 15 teenagers, mostly students at LeRoy (NY) High School just outside of Rochester, NY,… Read More »Activist Erin Brockovich looking into teens’ mystery ailment
This morning, I was reading a posting by Orac, the nom de guerre (or nom de blog, according to him) of a rather snarky, humorous, and brilliant (yeah, I think he’s brilliant) surgeon hiding somewhere in the midwest. In his… Read More »The dopes, I mean tropes, of the vaccine, evolution and climate change denialists
I didn’t realize how many bloggers about vaccines posted on this woman. It makes me a bit concerned that we’ve given her more credit than she deserves, but it’s important to stamp out the vaccine denialism quickly. So when someone… Read More »Other blog comments on Patriot Nurse
Pseudoscience pushing individuals can be likened to zombies. They have no brains, and their only goal in life is to eat the brains of those who don’t adhere to their position. The anti-vaccine crowd are my favorite zombies, because the… Read More »The Zombie Apocalypse or vaccine myths that won’t die
My Turn: The Darwin connection | Concord Monitor. While researching some points for my article on intelligent design, I stumbled onto a poignant and pointed article written by Leslie Brunetta, a New Hampshire science author who has been diagnosed with… Read More »Anti-evolution bills put healthcare at risk
Since the start of the new year there seems to have been concerted effort in several midwest US states, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Indiana, to circumvent the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the US Constitution by pushing creationist religious… Read More »Intelligent design in 2012
Psychics Say Apollo 16 Astronauts Found Alien Ship : Discovery News. In light of the bad movie out on DVD recently, Apollo 18, which tells the story about a secret Apollo 18 mission to the moon which encountered aliens on… Read More »Psychics Say Apollo 16 Astronauts Found Alien Ship
Mounting opposition to Indiana’s creationist bill | NCSE Missouri and Oklahoma have been at the forefront of the 2012 Republican push to add anti-science curriculum to public school science curricula in the form of creationism (apparently in the guise of… Read More »Mounting opposition to Indiana’s creationist bill