The Guild of the Gullible?
I think that this may be a story of despair. It may be a story about the mountain that has to be climbed if we […]
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Quack Word #37: ‘Holistic’
As you know, the quackometer works by counting words, or combinations of words, that strongly suggest the web site is full of quackery. I thought […]
RSS Quack Alert Feeds Now Added
You can now subscribe to RSS Feeds to get all the Quackiest Stories direct to your browser without scanning the news sites and papers yourself. […]
Advances in Quackometrics – News Alerts
The latest quackometer functionality is now being tested on the quackometer web site. Throughout the day, the little black duck will be reading the news […]
Do Hedgehogs Give My Cat Acupuncture?
I thought my post on Reiki Healing for Hedgehogs was going to be a one-off. But a recent trip to the garden centre has opened […]
The Quest For The Perfect Quack!
Well, I’ve had a bit of time to put some effort into the Quackometer, and now it has a few new features and improvements. 1. […]
Trademarked Science Trade-Offs
I have written before about my assertion that if you find someone saying that you cannot get all the nutrients you need through food, then […]
Can I See Your Working, Please?
I promise I will write about something else other than nonsense in the Daily Mail, but today’s story requires a comment or two. Their headline […]
Magnetic Migraine Miracle Madness?
In today’s Daily Mail, Brendan Montague brings us the sensational story that Migraine suffers need not suffer much longer thanks to a wonder device about […]
The Quackery of Torture
As you can see, I have signed up this blog to the Bloggers Against Torture campaign as part of the torture awareness month. I will […]