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Ben Goldacre Archive
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Today: Blue Monday or Happy Monday?
Posted on January 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsDr Petra has a nice post about the bogus science that surrounds the claim that today is “Blue Monday”. It’s a nice little media story of the type I like... -
Science journalists get punked? “Santa’s a Health Menace”
Posted on December 22, 2009 | 5 CommentsNewsweek reports today: Around the world, news outlets have been reporting on a new study in BMJ, the U.K.’s leading medical journal. In the article, titled “Santa Claus: A Public Health... -
Sensationalism and “succour for nerds” – #SciDebate
Posted on September 19, 2009 | 2 CommentsSo I finally found the time to watch the #SciDebate between Ben Goldacre (author of the Bad Science blog) and Lord Drayson (the UK’s minister for science). The debate was... -
News Ltd. causes brain damage
Posted on September 17, 2009 | 4 CommentsJanet Albrechtson published a piece on her News Ltd blog yesterday rehashing old claims that video games and social networking are giving children brain damage. The claim is that children’s...