pseudoscience
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Scientologists Don’t Want Randos Repairing Their E-Meters
You can now include the Church of Scientology alongside big tech firms like Apple and tractor makers John Deere for groups that have opposed the right to repair. Earlier this month, Authors Services, Inc., the U.S. organisation that represents the late Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s literary works, sent a letter to the federal government…
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Meta Allowed Misleading Ads for Bogus Cancer Treatments on Facebook
Facebook and its parent company, Meta, don’t exactly have a great track record when it comes to combatting online disinformation.
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Homeopathy ‘Research’ Seriously Sucks
Research on homeopathy, a 200-year-old form of alternative medicine, is often biased to make it look more effective than it really is, according to a new study out this week. Homeopathy researchers routinely neglect to register the details of their clinical trials before they publish their results, and unregistered trials usually provide rosier results than…
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Pentagon Forms New UFO Investigation Group to Figure Out What the Hell Just Whizzed By
The Department of Defence isn’t ready to give up on UFOs just yet. This week, the Pentagon announced the formation of the new organisation called the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronisation Group,(AOIMSG) tasked with investigating reports of UFOs (or as the Pentagon prefers to call them, UAPs) in sensitive areas.