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The 2020 IgNobel awards – #IgNobel

June 9, 2024September 18, 2020 by Dave
2020 IgNobel

When you spot Goofy studies trending in PubMed, then you know that it’s that time of year again – The 2020 IgNobel awards have been announced

Categories Award, Humor, People, science Tags #IgNobel, humour, IgNobel, prize, satire Leave a comment

Did Covid leak from a lab?

December 23, 2023September 17, 2020 by Dave
covid

Misleading Telegraph headline claims scientsts investigating covid leaking from a lab – that is not what is going on.

Categories Fake News, Health, media, Medicine, science, society Tags covid, COVID-19, Lancet covid19 commission, media Leave a comment

Many Amazon Reviews are Fake

December 2, 2020September 16, 2020 by Dave
amazon reviews

There has been a huge uptick in fake amazon reviews. How can you spot and identify these fraudlent reviews designed to trick and con you?

Categories consumer, media, society, study Tags Amazon, reviews Leave a comment

Climate Denier Appointed to Senior Role in NOAA

December 23, 2023September 15, 2020 by Dave
NOAA

Trump’s new NOAA appointee has made a career questioning climate change on the back of oil industry funding. #ArsonistFirefighter

Categories Climate Change, People, politics, science Tags climate, denialism, NOAA Leave a comment

High Resolution climate history

September 14, 2020 by Dave
climate history

New study reveals natural variability over last 66 million years much smaller than projected future warming due to greenhouse gas emissions.

Categories Climate Change, science, study Tags climate, climate history Leave a comment

Does Political Advertising make any difference?

September 9, 2020 by Dave
Political advertising

New study reveals that political advertising, regardless of tone, timing or content, only has a very small marginal imapct on voter decisions.

Categories media, politics, science, study Tags persuasion, Political advertising, study Leave a comment
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