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Author Archives: Cath Murphy
End of the World Pt 3: Asteroids
For reasons best known to the race of space creatures who pick which films to greenlight, 1998 was the year a meteor was supposed to hit the Earth and destroy all life upon it. In the end, Tea Leonie and … Continue reading
The End of the World pt 2: Algorithms
The End of the World pt 2: Algorithms Let’s start with a list of predictions. No, not the kind involving a crystal ball and a woman called Mme Arcady who claims to be able to see a tall dark stranger … Continue reading
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The End of the World pt 1
2011 has the distinction of being the year when the world ended, not just once, but twice. Many were convinced that the End of Days, the time when God would conclude his vast experiment in world building, was predicted by … Continue reading
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How Insomnia Killed Michael Jackson
There’s a kind of twisted irony for me in the story of how Michael Jackson died. As skeptics, we’re used to stories about people choosing alt-med over science-based medicine and the bad consequences for their health that results. In Jackson’s … Continue reading
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The most unholy mess
Nothing is going to bring back Meredith Kercher. Nothing will undo the knife wounds, the ligature round the throat, the enormous emotional pain caused her family. Nothing will grant her the years of life she should have had, the friendships, … Continue reading
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Michelle Bachmann and the HPV vaccine. The only victim is our health.
What happens when you mix together an aspiring politician, a vaccination campaign and the opportunity to score points off an adversary? You get Michelle Bachmann claiming that the vaccine against HPV, a vaccine which has been administered over 35 million … Continue reading
Finally Some Good News
Finally a piece of health news I want to hear. Scientists from Cambridge University have reviewed several studies and come to a joyous conclusion. Chocolate is good for you. Now I could have told them this a while ago. Nothing … Continue reading
The Trouble with Conspiracy Theories
Two months ago, the name Anders Breivik meant very little or nothing to most people in Norway. Since he embarked on his mission to save Europe from what he saw as the creeping peril of multiculturalism, his is a name … Continue reading
