Category: National Science week special

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A moon in the dark night-Science based medicine-part 2- complementary and alternative medicine

  CAM was once defined as “stuff that isn’t taught in medical schools.”CAM is a shortcut from idea to bedside, bypassing good science.The growing popularity of CAM may be attributed to multiple factors, including misunderstandings about science and a distrust of the medical establishment  You can watch  the...

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A moon in the dark night- Science Based Medicine-Harriet Hall

  (Harriet Hall, MD, also known as The SkepDoc from her column of that name in Skeptic magazine, is a retired family physician and former flight surgeon who retired from the Air Force with the rank of colonel.She writes prolifically about medicine, so called alternative medicine, science, quackery,...

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A moon in the dark night-Carl Sagan’s Last Interview: Science as a Candle in the Dark(May 27-1996)

     During his 20 minute interview, Sagan discussed pseudo-science and religion, technology and exponential growth, politics and education, his personal love affair with science and his struggle with myelodysplasia, as well as other elements of his last book: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the...