Bernard Howard
55 articles
29,934 words
(544 words per article)
Years Published: 1987 - 2006
Professor Bernard Howard is an emeritus professor from Lincoln University in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Origins research a work in progress
Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin, by Robert M Hazen. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, USA. Reviewed by Bernard Howard.
A French perspective on some old favourites
Debunked! by G Charpak & H Broch, translator BK Holland. Johns Hopkins University Press, Reviewed by Bernard Howard.
Bomby: The creationists' favourite beetle
A knockout blow for evolution turns out to be nothing of the sort
A very merry unbirthday
"There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents and only one for birthday presents, you know."
Forum
The leading medical journal The Lancet recently published yet another analysis of trials of homeopathy. After examining 110 such trials, the Swiss researchers concluded that there was no convincing evidence that homeopathy was any more effective than placebo. In the accompanying editorial, the editor, Dr Richard Horton, made a comment which has an uncanny, and no doubt intentional parallel with the views of the founder of homeopathy over two hundred years ago:-