Bad Science Archive

6December 18, 2009
BOGUS: Today Tonight on Fish Oil, Weight Loss and Holograms

I’ve been reluctant to call bogus on science reporting from shows like Today Tonight or A Current Affair because, well,...

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4September 17, 2009
News Ltd. causes brain damage

Janet Albrechtson published a piece on her News Ltd blog yesterday rehashing old claims that video games and social networking...

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3September 15, 2009
Politics behind study on penis length and female orgasms?

I recently published a piece on ABC Science Online about a study that claimed to find that women were more...

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This blog is about science and science journalism: good, bad, and bogus. While most of the posts are about bad and bogus science and science writing, I try to find the time to reflect on good examples too.

I am a freelance science writer and I teach philosophy at the University of Sydney.

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