today I am celebrating the completion yet another circumnavigation of the star Sol without dying. (It’s my birthday).
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I know I’m a bit late with this, but I was on holiday and not keeping up with the blogging world (yes, it is possible  August 10th, 2009 |  Tags: Chiropractic, Simon Singh |  Category: Health, News, Science |  Comments are closed | The Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art is currently hosting an exhibition where visitors are invited to write in a copy of the Bible. The idea seems to have been originally put forward by Metropolitan Community Church with the aim of reclaiming the Bible as a sacred text. Predictably however it hasn’t exactly gone as the organisers had intended. [...] July 24th, 2009 | Tags: Bible, Defaced, Free Speech, Freedom, Gallery, Glasgow, Modern Art | Category: News, Religion | Comments are closed | According to the Right Reverend Paul Richardson, the Church of England is in freefall at the moment, and could well cease to exist as soon as 30 years from now. [...] July 13th, 2009 | Tags: Cease to Exist, Church of England, Paul Richardson | Category: News, Religion | Comments are closed | This is excellent news, and backs up other recent reports that show that the Church and religion in general is becoming increasingly less imports to the younger generation. [...] The Florida Atheist and Secular Humanist Society has put up a billboard on I-95, and the locals are not happy. [...] OK, this just makes me sick. Some religious wacko parents have a daughter who is obviously very ill. Their religion dictates that they don’t seek medical help, but instead they must pray, lay on hands, and fast etc. Funnily enough (although funny is the last thing that it actually is), their daughter died as a result of their mistreatment. [...] July 2nd, 2009 | Tags: CAM, Complementary, faith healing, Medicine | Category: Health, News, Religion, Stupidity | Comments are closed | The St Petersburg Times has done an excellent expose on that cult known as Scientology. It’s an interesting, if worrying read, and it shows that it’s run by a wacko with some serious personality disorders. [...] The current Swine Flu epidemic has prompted the company I work for to install little bottles of alcohol based hand sanitisers everywhere. I quickly scanned the label on one today and noticed it claims to kill 99.999% of all bacteria. That sounds impressive, but it made me think, what exactly does that mean. [...] RIVERSIDE, Calif. – How fast can evolution take place? In just a few years, according to a new study on guppies led by UC Riverside’s Swanne Gordon, a graduate student in biology. [...] Here’s something that people with poor or no vision will be excited about: three patients had their sight restored in less than a month by contact lenses cultured with stem cells. [...] June 5th, 2009 | Tags: Stem Cell Research | Category: Health, News, Science | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | Petition promoting sense in the field of scientific debate following libel case against Simon Singh. [...] Top 10 newly discovered species unveiled – Telegraph. Interesting list of new species that have now been examined, catalogued, and filed. It includes seahorses, snakes, fish, and a white slug. But the one that really caught my attention – Microbacterium hatanonis. A species of bacteria that lives on … Hairspray! OK creationists, explain that. If [...] May 27th, 2009 | Tags: Discovered, Species | Category: Evolution, News, Science | Comments are closed | As I’m English, I’m well aware that today is St Georges Day – St George being the patron saint of England for my foreign visitors. Seeing as I made mention of St Patrick not so long ago, I felt I could hardly ignore St George. [...] Today is of course Easter Sunday in many western countries. It’s worth taking a few moments to reflect on the deep meaning and origins on this day. [...] April 12th, 2009 | Tags: Chocolate, Easter, Rabbits | Category: General, News, Superstition | One comment - (Comments are closed) | |
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). Anyway, here is a copy of Simons article that got him in trouble. Some practitioners claim it is a cure-all, but the research suggests chiropractic therapy has mixed results – and can even be lethal, says Simon Singh. [...]