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Science and Pseudoscience in Sport and Exercise -Nick Tiller

Exercise and physical activity improve health and prolong life, but lax regulations on the products and practices we’re sold have led to an industry founded on strong claims and weak evidence. Science has become subordinate to marketing campaigns that exploit our scientific ignorance and ingrained biases and, as...

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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters with Steven Pinker

Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding–and also appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that developed vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, medical quackery, and conspiracy theorizing? Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Professor of Psychology...

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How To Spot Pseudoscience-Revisited

Alien fossils found in a meteorite?! Sounds amazing, but the science isn’t there. And that’s not the only example of hyped stories turning out to be, well, nothing. Trace gives you tips on how to tell the difference between science, and pseudoscience. Read More: “THE POLONNARUWA METEORITE: OXYGEN...

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The Power of Human Collaboration and Innovation During and After a Crisis-Nicholas Christakis

An optimist whose research reveals time and again how human resilience and goodness prevail, even in the worst of times, Christakis emphasizes that throughout evolution, humans have acquired incredible skills to learn from each other – a sign of hope that we will win the fight against COVID-19...