Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
# education
Not making future doctors take enough science classes or pass stringent exams to appeal to humanities majors is a recipe for disaster.
# health
Wakefield may have lost his medical license and is no longer able to call himself a doctor, but his damage to public health has been done and will continue.
# health
The "health freedom" movement has nothing to do with giving you more options because the freedom is from all those pesky safety regulations and scientific studies.
# science
Thankfully for us, the future Repo Men imagines is very unlikely to happen, which makes it difficult to take its parable seriously.
# health
J.B. Handley and the crew at Age of Autism had a disturbing and revolting meltdown this week.
# health
Insurance companies could be forced to pay for faith healing and the Christian Science movement is ready to cash in.
# health
A premiere pediatric hospital is being awfully friendly to anti-vaccine and homeopathic cranks and quacks.
# health
Homeopaths are dangerous enough in developed countries. They could be a devastating malice in the third world.
# health
"Sure she's a public health menace, and sure she's an ignoramus. But isn't she so pretty and outspoken?"
# tech
Would you pay $6,000 for advice from a doctor who claims he could help you live longer by making it up as he goes along?