I love the summer because it means road trips. And road trips mean podcasts and audiobooks. And podcasts and audiobooks usually mean an hour or so of debate and discussion with whoever is unfortunate enough to be stuck in the car with me. Usually it's over something frivolous, like how an audiobook episode of Doctor Who couldn't possibly work because, you know, time travel. Other times it's something more serious, and then fun time is over. read more...
Research is coming to light that antioxidants in food and drinks are not useful to aid health, and may actually be damaging to us. read more...
Hang bags of water around to keep flies away. Coins or bits of tin foil can be used inside the bags. read more...
Last year professor Paul Glasziou from Bond University in Australia headed up a team that wrote a systematic review of systematic reviews on homeopathy as part of a report for Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). read more...
On Thursday I went to Cafe Scientifique, a regular meeting in Wellington where talks are given about a scientific topic. read more...