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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These People Are Trying To Fix A Huge Problem In Science – BuzzFeed UK
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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Terry Pratchett interview: a fantasy writer facing reality – Telegraph
The much-loved author of the Discworld series has died aged 66. In this interview from 2013, he showed that he didn’t shy away from life’s ‘depressing stuff’.
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Are ‘grammar Nazis’ ruining the English language? – Telegraph
Split infinitives make them shudder and they’d never end a sentence with a preposition. But linguist Geoffrey Pullum has a message for all grammar pedants: you’re wrong.
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Irving Finkel, reader of the lost Ark – Telegraph
Tom Chivers meets the man who deciphered a 4,000-year-old blueprint – for the original Noah’s Ark.
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