Bat Country
Two tiny but game-changing mutations turned a bat virus that couldn't infect humans into COVID-19. How? Could we have stopped it and who's to blame?
Fatal Attraction: How I Got Quoted on US TV by Helping to Boil a Bunny
I started this blog just six weeks ago and to my surprise a friend in America sent me a message over the weekend saying I was being quoted on US
“Mobile Phones Cause Cancer”
In an article yesterday the HuffPo posed the question 'Will Cell Phones Prove as Cancerous as Cigarettes?' and answered it in a truly dizzying game of Logical Fallacy Bingo. There
Probiotics, Profit and… err…
Why is so much crap talked about... well, excrement? I was recently subjected to a dose of that opium for the masses, daytime TV, and ended up shouting at the frightful
BBC: KPC “highly resistant superbug”
"Dear BBC, you employ over 20,000 people. Is it too much to ask one of them has a science degree?" Or - heaven forfend - at least someone with a
Cat. The Other White Meat.
Curiosity. Cats. You know this is going to end badly, don’t you? For the record, I don’t like cats. While I wish the revolting Fluffy Vermin no ill, just work
Global Warming: Owl Stretching Time
10/10 if you get the title reference! Forest fires in Chile have caused a plague of pygmy rice rats leading to the biggest outbreak of Hantavirus there in years. So what's
Hand Dryers. Ick.
Our Microbial Overlords are always trying to outwit us. And usually succeed without our realising. Their ability to propagate themselves can be frightening – especially if you culture what’s lurking
Subway Pulls E927
Have you seen this one on the Internet? It has been doing the rounds on sundry social media and concerns the 'heroic' efforts of a blogger who styles herself ‘food
Werewolf or Paleo Diet?
Which is more... ridiculous? I thought the Paleo Diet was only of any utility when playing Logical Fallacy Bingo and so bereft of any basic scientific plausibility no wonder the
The Pseudoscience of Scottish Independence
I’ve been quite ambivalent to the ‘Scottish Question’ until now. I have also mentioned homeopathy before when writing about - inter alia - men who have sex with men and
Alkaline Diet
You may not have heard of "Dr" Robert O. Young but this total arsehole has been preying on the vulnerable and desperate for years claiming his 'alkaline water' pseudoscience
I’d Like My Chicken Medium-Rare…
Reader Question: Why is it OK to serve beef rare and bloody but not chicken? Thank you for asking! There are a number of reasons, the first being raw chicken