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
Category: Pseudo Science
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 […]
Philip Stein Sleep Bracelet – Expensive Placebo
A company in luxury goods is selling its products with a lot of pseudoscientific nonsense. Celibrities and airliner KLM help promoting it.
Update on #KoftaGate – Egyptian Miracle Detectors and Cures for Hepatitis C and AIDS
Egyptian Armed Forces under heavy criticism after claims to have found a cure for AIDS and HCV
Dubious Egyptian Hepatitis C Detector Pops up Again
The fraudulent hepatitis C detector of Egyptian researcher Gamal Shiha is being promoted by Egyptian Armed Forces
Coast Protection with Poul Jakobsen, Innovation or Pseudoscience?
Dutch authorities and Royal BAM Group are very happy with the results, but scientists don’t see any positive contribution of the invention
The Worthless IGEF Certificate
Pseudoscientific anti-electrosmog devices are regularly sold with this bogus certification
Searching for Free Energy
What drives inventors of free energy machines? Is it a shot for big succes or more a way of life?
Vi-Aqua – Turning Water into Snake Oil
The Irish Independent promotes pseudo-scientific water woo
Update on MMS malaria ‘trial’ in Uganda
It has become clear that the Ugandan Red Cross Society and the Water Reference Center were involved involved in something that is presented as a field test with MMS against malaria. Is it all a deliberate fraud or might there even be a rational explanation for the alleged results, including honest mistakes ?