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    Misrepresentation of RCTs in Press Releases

    I just came across this study that looks at the presence of spin in press releases and media coverage of RCTs. I looked at the list of studies (Word document) they selected expecting to see a lot of acupuncture and homoeopathy RCTs, but I could find only 2 accupuncture studies, the rest of the...
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    Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' now online

    Watch all 13 parts here: http://www.cosmolearning.com/astronomy/documentaries/cosmos/
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    The Dogmatic Science cop-out - how best to respond?

    :)Safebox:)|This may be more of a Science thread than a Sceptical/Paranormal thread, if so, please move.OK, so a cop-out I, and surely all of you, hear all the time from both believers in the paranormal, Creationism, alternative medicine and other dubious phenomenon is that the real reason why...

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