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Welcome to episode one hundred and fifty-three! Dr Burrows, of the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Melbourne, has been given a Victoria Fellowship to continue her study in new touchscreen technology, which aims to improve treatment for dementia, schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders. For this episode of the Token Skeptic, we discuss her work and the claims of the “educational exercise program” known as Brain Gym, with suggestions as to how to sensibly and […]
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00:00:00 – The coffee culture of the Pacific Northwest puts the world at risk yet again. This time it’s all the excreted caffeine getting into our oceans, which could have nasty affects on marine life down the line, but could also serve as an indicator of other contaminants. Either way, we still can’t function without [...]
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The last interview on the Token Skeptic podcast featured Dr Ben Goldacre, talking about AllTrials – here’s some news! From The Guardian: GlaxoSmithKline to publish clinical trial data - GSK becomes first major pharmaceutical company to commit to publishing the results of all its drug trials. GlaxoSmithKline, Britain’s biggest pharmaceutical company, has become the world’s first drug major to commit to publishing clinical trial data in a move that campaigners hope will […]
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According to a new book by a leading scientist, everything we experience on earth - time, gravity, climate, even our size - has a connection to the cosmos itself, and its origins in the Big Bang. Our own bodies, in fact, contain the story of the universe and our planet.
