Archive for April, 2011

Turn On, Tune In, Quack

April 25, 2011
By Le Canard Noir
Turn On, Tune In, Quack

A paper in the open access and non-peer reviewed physics arXiv (Electromagnetic Signals from Bacterial DNA; Widom, Swain, Srivastava, Srivastava 2011) reports that bacteria such as  E. coli may have a sort of WiFi communication capability. The authors suggest that a quantum mechanical analysis of electrons moving around loops of bacterial DNA will produce...
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The Homeopaths and the Advertising Standards Authority

April 1, 2011
By Le Canard Noir
The Homeopaths and the Advertising Standards Authority

It is now the end of the Nightingale Collaboration’s first month of operation. This newly formed organization was set up to “challenge misleading claims in healthcare advertising”. In particular, TNC is focusing on the bizarre world of Pseudoscientific and Superstitious Medicine: an area that appears to get away with the most ludicrous health claims...
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Posted in ASA, homeopathy, regulation | 18 Comments »

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