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Does a prohibition-based approach to drugs and disposable vaping make sense?

Clio Bellenis -
The government are often swift to ban recreational drugs, even without evidence of harm - but when it comes to disposable vapes, are they right?
Vaccinations

An anti-vaccine circus takes over the Brazilian Senate’s paediatric vaccinations discussion

Cesar Baima -
A Brazilian Senate discussion on paediatric vaccinations descended into farce, with a parade of vaccine opponents sharing long-disproven antivax talking points.
Conspiracy Theories

Given his rising influence, the case for debating RFK Jr has never been more urgent

Danny Bradley -
Dr Peter Hotez owes nobody a debate, and RFK Jr’s diehard fans will never be convinced, but a rhetorically skilled vaccine expert appealing to fence-sitters in Joe Rogan’s audience is too good an opportunity to miss.
Health

How cholesterol denialism went from reasonable skepticism to pseudoscience

Christopher Labos -
There was a time when doubts over the role of cholesterol in heart disease, and the utility of statins, were valid - but the evidence now is unequivocally clear, and the modern doubters are merely deniers
Conspiracy Theories

Mark McDonald, America’s Frontline Doctors, and some very troubling beliefs about autism

Aaron Rabinowitz -
A recent interview between former atheist James Lindsay and Dr Mark McDonald showed the distasteful views anti-vaxxers share when among friends
Acupuncture

Dragons’ Den has a quackery problem that goes far beyond ear seeds

Michael Marshall -
While recent attention has understandably been on Dragons' Den's promotion of ME/cfs quackery, the BBC show's flirtation with pseudoscience runs much deeper
Health

A brief history of radio-phobia: new technology is always met with fear and uncertainty

Sean Slater -
We might think of anti-5G fears as a new phenomenon, but cutting edge technology has always been met with irrational concerns
Covid-19

A State of Fear: Laura Dodsworth’s ‘sensible’ Covid scepticism

Danny Bradley -
Deploying the same fear-based tactics her book criticises, Laura Dodsworth’s ‘A State Of Fear’ is light on facts and heavy on hunches
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