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https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2017/09/12/occupational-health-news-roundup-254
Occupational Health News Roundup | ScienceBlogs
Labor unions are becoming de facto immigrant rights groups; Trump pick to head MSHA is a former coal executive; Cal/OSHA opens more investigations into...
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https://scienceblogs.com/tfk/2013/04/04/vaccines-and-the-republican-war-on-science
Vaccines and the Republican War on Science | ScienceBlogs
Ever since Chris Mooney's Republican War on Science was published in 2005, folks have been looking for a way to argue that Democrats are just as bad. The...
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/medicine?page=108
Medicine | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2020/07/24/should-doctor-prescribe-walk-park-151452
Should A Doctor Prescribe A Walk In The Park? | ScienceBlogs
The U.K. is spending $5 million on a program to tell doctors to tell patients to get outside more.
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/27/five-discoveries-in-fundamental-physics-that-came-as-total-surprises
Five Discoveries In Fundamental Physics That Came As Total Surprises | ScienceBlogs
“On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays?” –Victor Francis Hess
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https://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook?page=5
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https://scienceblogs.com/tag/physics
Physics | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/technology?page=8
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https://scienceblogs.de/channel/medizin/
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https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2017/09/27/occupational-health-news-roundup-255
Occupational Health News Roundup | ScienceBlogs
A reporter goes undercover to expose the conditions facing temp workers; West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin comes out against Trump's MSHA pick; carpenters union...
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/social-sciences?page=127
Social Sciences | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/01/22/global-warmings-effects-are-coming-on-faster-than-previously-thought
Global warming's effects are coming on faster than previously thought. | ScienceBlogs
Arctic sea ice decline happened faster than expected. This has the effect of accelerating global warming because less of the Sun's energy is reflected back...
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/03/05/comments-of-the-week-151-from-lost-information-to-the-atmosphere-of-mars
Comments of the Week #151: from lost information to the atmosphere of Mars | ScienceBlogs
“A theory is a supposition which we hope to be true, a hypothesis is a supposition which we expect to be useful; fictions belong to the realm of art; if made...
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2015/04/30/throwback-thursday-the-physics-of-happy-gilmore-synopsis
Throwback Thursday: The Physics of Happy Gilmore (Synopsis) | ScienceBlogs
“What a shot by Happy Gilmore! Who the hell is Happy Gilmore?” -Announcer, from Happy Gilmore After some intense physics earlier this week, it's time to get on...
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https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2024/01/29/red-light-myopia-therapy-can-injure-your-retina-151461
Red Light Myopia Therapy Can Injure Your Retina | ScienceBlogs
Over the last few years, low-level red light (LLRL) therapy has become popular to control myopia, or nearsightedness, especially in children. In LLRL therapy,...
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/social-sciences?page=4
Social Sciences | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2017/07/24/ucs-tallies-assaults-on-science-during-trumps-first-six-months
UCS tallies assaults on science during Trump’s first six months | ScienceBlogs
With so many threats to public health arising each month, it can be hard to catch all of them. The Union of Concerned Scientists has performed a tremendous...
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https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2017/09/28/antivaxers-on-twitter-fake-news-and-twitter-bots
Antivaxers on Twitter: Fake news and Twitter bots | ScienceBlogs
A new analysis reveals that there are antivaccine bots on Twitter. Why am I not surprised?
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https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2021/04/06/appreciating-van-leeuwenhoek-cloth-merchant-who-discovered-microbes-151456
Appreciating van Leeuwenhoek: The Cloth Merchant Who Discovered Microbes | ScienceBlogs
Leeuwenhoek refined the magnifying glass, creating the world’s first microscope. Tetra Images via Getty Images
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https://scienceblogs.com/seed/2013/12/13/santa-claus-is-a-black-gay-vampire
Santa Claus is a Black Gay Vampire | ScienceBlogs
You may be too young to know the truth about Santa Claus, but dear old Saint Nick is not the affable Anglo-Saxon philanthropist he appears to be. In fact,...
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/08/17/voyagers-cosmic-map-of-earths-location-is-hopelessly-wrong-synopsis
Voyager's 'Cosmic Map' of Earth's location is hopelessly wrong (Synopsis) | ScienceBlogs
“We [are] a species endowed with hope and perseverance, at least a little intelligence, substantial generosity and a palpable zest to make contact with the...
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https://scienceblogs.com/author/stoat
stoat | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/10/04/cheap-science-books
Cheap Science Books | ScienceBlogs
Two science books cheap (Kindle version, two bucks): The Male Brain: A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/free-thought?page=8
Free Thought | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/09/25/are-parallel-universes-real
Are Parallel Universes Real? | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2017/09/23/do-mexican-cavefish-hold-the-secret-to-treating-diabetes
Do Mexican cavefish hold the secret to treating diabetes? | ScienceBlogs
Image of cave dwelling Mexican tetra By Citron via Wikimedia Commons
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/26/even-while-the-world-suffers-investing-in-science-is-non-negotiable-synopsis
Even while the world suffers, investing in science is non-negotiable | ScienceBlogs
“I am looking at the future with concern, but with good hope.” –Albert Schweitzer Every so often, the argument comes up that science is expendable. That we’re...
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https://scienceblogs.de/echolot/
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Just another ScienceBlogs German Sites site
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Free Thought | ScienceBlogs
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bacon | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.de/technik-kummerkasten/
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https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2017/04/17/federal-biomedical-science-policy-under-donald-trump-nearly-100-days-in
Federal biomedical science policy under Donald Trump, nearly 100 days in | ScienceBlogs
In less than two weeks, the Trump administration will have passed that magical
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Free Thought | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/tag/antivaccine-nonsense
Antivaccine nonsense | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2016/01/20/how-to-take-a-crap-or-the-most-important-parenting-advice-i-can-give-anyone
How To Take a Crap ...or The Most Important Parenting Advice I can Give Anyone | ScienceBlogs
Are you new to this parenting gig? About to give birth or adopt or take on a foster placement? Or maybe you've had one easy kid, and are about to go to two and...
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https://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2016/07/11/what-it-is-like-to-be-me-this-week
What It is Like to Be Me This Week | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/18/the-hubble-space-telescope-is-falling-synopsis
The Hubble Space Telescope Is Falling (Synopsis) | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/brain-and-behavior
Brain and Behavior | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/medicine?page=6
Medicine | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/life-sciences?page=119
Life Sciences | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/08/31/new-research-on-assessing-climate-change-impact-on-extreme-weather
New Research on Assessing Climate Change Impact on Extreme Weather | ScienceBlogs
Three statisticians go hunting for rabbit. They see a rabbit. The first statistician fires and misses, her bullet striking the ground below the beast. The...
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https://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/07/25/trump-touts-racial-segregation-antisemitism-lewd-behavior-at-boy-scout-rally
Trump touts racial segregation, antisemitism, lewd behavior, at Boy Scout rally | ScienceBlogs
If you give your children over to the Boy Scouts for a day or two, they may do something to them akin to abuse. This happened. The Boy Scouts knew what they...
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https://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2017/09/29/pigeons-outperform-humans-when-it-comes-to-multitasking
Pigeons outperform humans when it comes to multitasking | ScienceBlogs
Sara Letzner had humans compete against pigeons in a behavioural experiment. Photo from: Ruhr-Universitat at Bochum
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https://scienceblogs.com/author/hrynyshyn
hrynyshyn | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/brain-and-behavior?page=0
Brain and Behavior | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2017/07/10/food-stamps-medicaid-and-erring-on-the-side-of-compassion
Food stamps, Medicaid, and erring on the side of compassion | ScienceBlogs
Both the Senate BCRA and the Freedom Caucus budget proposal aim to cut spending on crucial assistance programs while granting large tax breaks that...
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https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2017/09/25/rigvir-a-cancer-cure-imported-from-latvia-that-cancer-patients-should-avoid
Rigvir: A cancer "cure" imported from Latvia that cancer patients should avoid | ScienceBlogs
Recently, the Hope4Cancer Institute, a quack clinic in Mexico has added a treatment known as Rigvir to its other offerings. But what is Rigvir? It turns out...
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https://scienceblogs.com/classm/2017/07/20/scare-tactics-merits-and-lack-thereof
Scare tactics: merits and lack thereof | ScienceBlogs
In what New York Magazine is calling the most-read article in the publication's history, David Wallace-Wells writes about what will happen if we don't stop...
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https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2017/08/25/a-new-nomenclature-for-auricular-acupuncture-the-ultimate-in-tooth-fairy-science
A new nomenclature for auricular acupuncture: The ultimate in Tooth Fairy science | ScienceBlogs
Tooth Fairy science is the study of a phenomenon before having actually demonstrated that the phenomenon actually exists. I can't think of a better example...
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https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2017/10/31/turning-out-the-lights-and-moving-on-goodbye-old-scienceblogs-blog-hello-new-blog
Turning out the lights and moving on: Goodbye, old ScienceBlogs blog, hello new blog | ScienceBlogs
Today is the last day that ScienceBlogs will exist. Sometime today the site will go into read-only mode. A few days later, it will disappear completely from...
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https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2025/10/06/if-people-trust-policy-makers-climate-change-cost-matters-less-151466
If People Trust Policy Makers On Climate Change, Cost Matters Less | ScienceBlogs
Tackling climate change requires broad popular support and while most people think that it is a serious issue and want action, many policies for addressing it...
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/education?page=79
Education | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/medicine?page=8
Medicine | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2025/05/02/no-secretary-kennedy-mmr-vaccine-does-not-contain-aborted-fetus-debris-151464
No Secretary Kennedy, The MMR Vaccine Does Not Contain 'Aborted Fetus Debris' | ScienceBlogs
HHS Secretary Kennedy claimed the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine contains “aborted fetus debris” and “DNA particles
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https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2017/06/13/health-advocates-threaten-lawsuit-against-firm-that-imports-asbestos
Health advocates threaten lawsuit against firm importing asbestos to U.S. | ScienceBlogs
OxyChem imports about 300,000 pounds of asbestos annually. Health groups allege the company failed to report to EPA their significant use of asbestos.
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bot | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2016/02/10/growing-in-so-many-ways
Growing in So Many Ways | ScienceBlogs
We came back from the developmental pediatrician yesterday in a jubilant mood. Two of my sons came to us with significant developmental delays. Both of them...
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https://scienceblogs.com/pontiff/2010/06/15/future-dave-bacons
Pr(Future Dave Bacons|Library Cuts) is Small | ScienceBlogs
I grew up in the small town of Yreka, CA (
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https://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2016/01/26/not-that-there-was-any-doubt
Not That There Was Any Doubt... | ScienceBlogs
But just in case you were wondering, there is basically no chance whatsoever that Climate Change could be happening without human intervention. I realize that...
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https://scienceblogs.com/pontiff/2010/06/23/dead-spins-and-the-dirty-groun
Dead Spins And The Dirty Ground | ScienceBlogs
Yep, it's that time again. Paper dance time!
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/22/comments-of-the-week-final-edition
Comments of the Week: Final edition? | ScienceBlogs
“You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.” -Cassandra Clare
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https://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/10/30/last-post
Last Post | ScienceBlogs
This is my last post at Scienceblogs.com. In the future I will be blogging at Greg Laden's blog, located at its original home at gregladen.com. I have a...
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https://scienceblogs.com/tag/creationism
creationism | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2017/09/19/quackademic-medicine-now-reigns-supreme-at-uc-irvine
Quackademic medicine now reigns supreme at UC-Irvine | ScienceBlogs
Yesterday, the University of California, Irvine announced that Susan and Henry Samueli had donated $200 million to establish integrative medicine quackery...
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/19/why-dont-we-have-artificial-gravity-in-space-synopsis
Why don't we have artificial gravity in space? | ScienceBlogs
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Life Sciences | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/07/28/if-the-universe-is-expanding-then-why-arent-we-synopsis
If The Universe Is Expanding, Then Why Aren't We? (Synopsis) | ScienceBlogs
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Policy | ScienceBlogs
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Technology | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/09/star-trek-discovery-is-smart-sounding-scientific-nonsense-season-1-episode-4-recap-synopsis
Star Trek: Discovery Is Smart-Sounding Scientific Nonsense, Season 1, Episode 4 Recap | ScienceBlogs
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Skepticism/Critical Thinking | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/principles/2012/12/15/tis-the-season-2
'Tis the Season | ScienceBlogs
It was a long and irritating week, for reasons that I can't discuss on the blog, and just when it finally looked like there might be some motion in a positive...
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https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2017/10/04/its-october-whats-congress-doing-about-healthcare
It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare? | ScienceBlogs
The ACA is still here, but funding for CHIP and community health centers has expired.
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Education | ScienceBlogs
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Environment | ScienceBlogs
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Brain and Behavior | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2010/12/17/celebrate-this-winter-solstice
Celebrate This Winter Solstice Like No Other! | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2017/10/17/5-competition-horses-calmed-by-lavender
#5: Competition horses calmed by lavender | ScienceBlogs
In looking back over the history of the blog, I thought it would be fun to take another glimpse at the top 5 most popular posts in 2017 thus far...
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/environment?page=7
Environment | ScienceBlogs
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Social Sciences | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/14/ask-ethan-is-the-universe-finite-or-infinite-synopsis
Ask Ethan: Is The Universe Finite Or Infinite? | ScienceBlogs
“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro'...
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https://scienceblogs.com/tag/messier-11
messier 11 | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2017/08/05/extreme-weather-could-kill-up-to-152000-a-year-in-europe-by-2100
Extreme weather 'could kill up to 152,000 a year' in Europe by 2100? | ScienceBlogs
It is summer. Normally the time for relaxation, but even though the rowing is over (alas) there's a T/O coming up and little freizeit; and after that I'm off...
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https://scienceblogs.com/channel/policy?page=0
Policy | ScienceBlogs
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https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2017/09/05/patients-lose-when-they-chose-naturopaths-over-real-doctors
Patients lose when they chose naturopaths over real doctors | ScienceBlogs
Recently, I came across a news story describing two cancer patients treated by naturopaths in New Zealand. Both died, one almost certainly unnecessarily, the...
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https://scienceblogs.com/thoughtfulanimal/2010/06/30/ask-a-scienceblogger-sensation
Ask a Scienceblogger: Sensation and Perception Basics | ScienceBlogs
There are some great questions coming in to Ask a Scienceblogger! If you (or your kids?) have a question you want answered by a scienceblogger drop by Page...
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https://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook?page=4
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https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2017/06/27/surprise-john-olivers-vaccine-segment-has-given-antivaxers-a-sad
Surprise! John Oliver's vaccine segment has given antivaxers a sad. | ScienceBlogs
On his most recent Sunday show, John Oliver did a tour de force segment on the antivaccine movement. Not surprisingly, antivaxers are not pleased.
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https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2021/11/08/genetically-rescued-organism-toward-solution-sudden-oak-death-151458
Genetically Rescued Organism: Toward A Solution For Sudden Oak Death | ScienceBlogs
Sudden oak death is one of the most ecologically devastating forest diseases in North America so a new study investigated the sporulation potential of this...
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