ben goldacre

Ben Goldacre will give a talk and participate in a livepodcast taping with Massimo Pigliucci and Julia Galef this Thursday in NYC! Info below (link)... When: Thursday February 21 - 7:00 PM Where: University Settlement, 184 Eldridge Street Join us first for a special lecture by Dr. Benjamin...

Gillian McKeith attempts to defend her diploma mill qualifications, and the fur begins to fly.... I particularly like the attempts to pass it all off as a hacked account. http://dlvr.it/2czVm

Ben Goldacre did a piece on The Now Show on radio 4 tonight about bad reporting of science, it's a topical satire show but he still has about 5 minutes. Currently available on BBC iplayer and itunes podcast, starts at about 21:15 in if that's all you want.

From the Bad Science site:

Thought that you may want to come to this if you're UK based. Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People 21st December 2008 Hammersmith Apollo So far the confirmed speakers are Stewart Lee, Mark Thomas, Ricky Gervais, Justin Edwards, Chris Addison, Ben Goldacre, Simon Singh, Josie Long, Jo...

Well, after the waiting time, possibly 'escapes' - by chewing through the bars. At least pre-ordering from Amazon means I got it for half price. :) Anyway, Ben Goldacre's first book now on my pile for reading. :D Mind you, I doubt my favourite story of his (the first I ever saw) is in it. :eek:

Dr. Ben Goldacre has won the Science Writers Award. Details here: http://www.badscience.net/?p=267 ... with photos. Congrats to the young whipper-snapper! (Good grief, is that guy old enough to drink alcohol?) Edit to add: perhaps with his winnings he might be able to buy a tie... :p

Worth a listen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/listenagain/friday.shtml I've recorded the RealAudio stream in case anyone misses the boat and would like a copy. Ben has published a transcript of his own words; http://www.badscience.net/?p=195 Someone called BSM has added some very...