This engagingly written, well researched and richly illustrated text explores a wide range of intriguing similarities and differences between pseudoscience and the fictional science found in SF. Andrew May has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a PhD in astrophysics from ...
It is important to determine whether it is a pseudoscience or a science as mentally ill people are still treated according to the therapy‚ therefore relying on it. There is a lot of evidence for it being a pseudoscience‚ mainly because it lacks scientific studies and a real science is ...
Research in the 20th century found that the crude categorisations used colloquially (black, white, East Asian etc.) were not reflected in actual patterns of genetic variation, meaning that differences and similarities in DNA between people did not perfectly match the traditional racial terms. The c...
Of course, the pursuit of scientific knowledge usually involves elements of intuition and guesswork; experiments do not always test a theory adequately, and experimental results can be incorrectly interpreted or even wrong. In legitimate science, however, these problems tend to be self-correcting, if...
There is a lot of pseudo science around, and one have to be careful and be able to discern what is true (or plausible) and what is not.For a definition of pseudo science, see the Pseudo Science article in Wikipedia. A good article on how to detect pseudo science can be read at Web...
However, it cannot be easily achieved due to the similarities in the properties between normal and cancer cells. Researchers at the IBS developed an innovative approach called CINDELA (Cancer-specific INDEL Attacker), which attacks cancer-specific mutations and causes multiple DNA double-strand breaks...
“I’ve done the procedures; I’ve had a premature delivery and a loss; I know the science and the news media; and I know the arguments because it’s the same pseudo-science.” Here in Canada, access to abortion remains a challenge, especially for women in rural areas and the...
“Never get sick. Never get tired” (Clyman, 2000). Strong similarities to many alternative health practices are evident in claims “…to remove energy blockages related to traumas and negative belief systems stored in the body.” Clyman also claims to that his “healing Energy” can be ...
Or is science different from religion? Debates of this matter have been common since the dawn of science. Articles on their differences‚ similarities and clashings have crept up on society and affected everyone in the western civilization. Most recently‚ religious ...
Being able to distinguish between real and implied scientific misconduct is important to the integrity of science in general and to the integrity of individual scientists in particular. Falsely accusing an honest scientist of scientific misconduct is just as wrong as scientific misconduct itself. Implyin...