A recent scientific trial has led to acrimonious debates over chronic fatigue syndrome, aka ME, and boosted interest in a secretive therapy that some call a “cult” and others call a “miracle”.
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Author: Tom Chivers
I'm a freelance science writer. Until January 2018 I was science writer for BuzzFeed UK; before that, I was a comment and features writer for the Telegraph, having joined in 2007. My first book, "The AI Does Not Hate You: Superintelligence, Rationality and the Race to Save the World", for Weidenfeld & Nicolson, is due to be published June 2019. Since leaving BuzzFeed, I've written for the Times, the Guardian, New Scientist, the i, the Telegraph, UnHerd, politics.co.uk, and elsewhere.
The Spaceship That Took Some Of The Greatest Images Of The Solar System Has Died – BuzzFeed UK
After 20 years in space, some amazing science, and some unbelievable images, the Cassini-Huygens mission finally came to an end. We asked two of the scientists who worked on it what the mission meant to them.
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How Online Filter Bubbles Are Making Parents Of Autistic Children Targets For Fake “Cures” – BuzzFeed UK
Analysis by BuzzFeed News found that more than half of the most-shared scientific stories about autism published in the last five years promote unevidenced or disproven treatments, or purported causes.
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These People Are Trying To Fix A Huge Problem In Science – BuzzFeed UK
The results of too many scientific studies aren’t standing up to scrutiny. Here’s how a group of scientists think they can (partly) change that.
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This UKIP Guy Is Selling “Bleach” As A Health Supplement – BuzzFeed UK
Andrew Haigh, appointed UKIP’s national organiser for Wales in 2015, has a website selling “Aerobic Oxygen” for consumption – but tests reveal it to be a powerful chemical similar to oven cleaner.
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Being A Father Makes Me Empathetic, But Does It Make Me Right?
When photos of suffering children are splashed across my timeline, I see my own son reflected in them. But that doesn’t mean I deserve more say in how, and whether, those photos are shared.
How The Cures For Cancer Snuck Up On Us – BuzzFeed UK
New research is revealing cancer to be a complex, evolving disease – but scientists are beginning to cautiously talk about “curing” some instances.
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