How Does COVID-19 Testing Work?
At last, quick and easy COVID-19 testing is available. But is it accurate, how does it work and what will it tell you?
Like Sushi? Love Diarrhoea!
If you thought the Black Beauty In Your Lasagne scandal was bad there's worse to come. The next one might well be escolar - the fish responsible for a sashimi-associated diarrhoea epidemic in the USA. This
New H7N9 Flu Pandemic?
So, after lurking in the background since March last year (when it first jumped to humans) another bird flu out of China – H7N9 – continues to cause much comment in
Your Cat is Trying to Kill You
And in more ways than you might suspect. Having the Fluffy Vermin about makes you nearly three times more likely to be involved in a car crash. This is no false
E. coli O157 Outbreak in Glasgow
An outbreak of E. coli O157 has been linked to burgers in Glasgow, apparently after a Top Gear Live event at the Hydro. There are many strains of Escherichia coli and almost all
Woo Alert: Beer Line Magnets
Best bit of pseudoscience we've had in the office so far this week: "how often should beer lines should be cleaned if a magnetic beer line cleaner has been fitted?"
Win A Darwin Award: Drink Raw Milk
Some argue we are losing the battle against bacteria with ever-more resistant bugs being able to beat whatever antibiotic we throw at them. There’s a name for that – evolution
HIV, Prayer, Pseudoscience and Politics
Science shows churchgoers with HIV have different outcomes compared with non-attenders. Is prayer really having an effect?
Measles, the Media and the Dunning-Kruger Effect
In 1998 Andrew Wakefield claimed the MMR vaccine caused autism. He was proven to be entirely fraudulent. So why, decades later, is measles resurgent again?