Pseudoscience
The distinction between ideas and activities that represent science and those that represent nonscience is usually clear; no one confuses physics with art or chemistry with poetry. Nev...
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When biologist Harriet Ball noticed that a popular vitamin B-enriched yogurt made by Nestle promised to "optimize the release of energy," she was suspicious.So she called the company and asked exac...
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People in the U.S. know more about basic science today than they did two decades ago, good news that researchers say is tempered by an unsettling growth in the belief in pseudoscience such as astro...
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A German man who believes adventurers regularly crossed the Atlantic Ocean 14,000 years ago plans to use a 41-foot-long raft made of reeds and eucalyptus to make the voyage.Despite a lack of eviden...
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Can the same Internet search engine that helps you track down a chili recipe help you diagnose and treat patients?
We're talking, of course, about Google. This gargantuan answer machine in cybe...
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There's a lyric on the Roots' new album, Phrenology, that lays out lead singer Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter's philosophy. "A real raw nigga won't fold or forfeit / Fuck getting money for real / Ge...
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Pseudoscience
Scientists criticize companies' pseudoscience in advertising campaigns
