Savory falsely implies that true breakthroughs in a scientific field can only come from people from outside that field.
Category: Bad Science
Someone fucked up badly at MDPI Vaccines
The latest article that is promoted by anti-vaxxers and corona sceptics is published by Open Access publisher MDPI, where someone must have fucked up really bad.
Bayes Lines Tool is just another flawed attempt by the consortium to discredit PCR tests
The ‘consortium’ that’s attacking the Corman-Drosten PCR-test has published an mathematically flawed article on which they base the claim that number of false positives is huge in PCR tests for the coronavirus.
The Basra Reed Warbler Case
The participants of a recent symposium on complainants who seem to abuse procedures for research integrity to frustrate unwanted research had only one example in mind. The complainant in question was not heard. Read this interview for his side of this story.
Pilot study on new malaria drug ATC Malachlorite in Cameroon raises lots of questions
My attention was drawn to a study via Twitter by a guy named Sam Little who is involved in some dubious test with the well known and dangerous quack product MMS [23/5/2019 see update below]. He recently performed a test in Uganda which is very similar to the test that was performed in Uganda several […]
Does research show that bubbles in soft drinks are causing obesity? Probably not.
Research from Birzait University appears to show that it is the carbon dioxide in soft drinks that contributes most to weight gain and not the (artificial) sugars in these beverages. However, this study seems not to be very convincing after a critical look.
Cammaerts and Johansson Manage to ‘Replicate’ Danish Garden Cress Wi-Fi Experiment with even more Mistakes
Two of the foreign scientists who were enthusiastic about the Danish schoolgirl experiment replicated it and managed to get an article about their research published. it did seem difficult to make more mistakes in this experiment, but Marie-Claire Cammaerts and Olle Johansson managed this anyway.
Great example of debunking bad science: on health effects Fukushima fallout in USA
Scientists should do this kind of debunking of bogus science more often!
Acupuncture in Cows, Wageningen University and the Soviet Space Program
A scientific article on the use of electroacupuncture for cows led to a search for the origins of a device allegedly developed in the Soviet space program
Veterinary Acupuncture and the Soviet Space Program
On March 22nd 1995 spacecraft Soyuz 20 lands on the plains of Kazachstan. The capsule brings back to Earth Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov from space station Mir. With his stay in space Polyakov sets the record for the longest single spaceflight on 437 days, 17 hours and 58 minutes, a record which stands up to this day. Polyakov […]