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Placebo Effect

The power of placebo-controls has little to do with the placebo-effect

David Weinberg -
Randomisation ensures treatment and control groups are as similar as possible when beginning a study - placebo controls ensure they are similar during a study
Cancer

Not right about nitrites? Mouse study provokes media scaremongering over cured meat

Michael Marshall -
Headlines warn of the carcinogenic chemicals in school meals, but before we ban smoked sausages and nitrites, we'll need to see some better evidence
Science

Headlines about “talking” fungi raise the question: Do we really discover languages?

Georgy Kurakin -
Two recent studies claim to find evidence of communication within chimpanzees and fungi, but do they have the complexity of what we'd call language?
Climate Change

The top 10 most infuriating climate change memes, and how to debunk them

Mark Horne -
Rather than engage with the realities of climate change, some people prefer the comforting reassurance of denialism, packaged in these 10 infuriating memes
Alternative Medicine

“What Nonsense!” – unpacking popular pseudosciences for a Brazilian audience

Carlos Orsi -
As pseudoscience flourishes in Brazil, What Nonsense! by Carlos Orsi and Natalia Pasternak seeks to redress the balance, and push back against irrationality
Science

Democratising science and increasing public access, with the Collaborative Library

Anja Harrison -
All of society benefit from the latest scientific research and advances, which is why the Collaborative Library aim to make science accessible to a lay audience
Health

The menopause can be painful, uncomfortable, and debilitating – so why is it under-researched?

Clio Bellenis -
The menopause is something that almost all women experience eventually - yet medicine is still filled with misleading claims around treatments like HRT
Science

Hemlock is not a big threat to school children – crumbling pavements and busy roads are

Sarah Hearne -
Headlines warn of a poisonous plant endangering our children's lives, but we should be less worried about hemlock and more worried about the safety of our public footpaths and pavements
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