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Avoid the swill.

Posted by: Cassas on: July 21, 2009

The media is going crazy over this swine flu thing at the moment. I personally think everybody needs to calm down. There is no doubt that S-OIV H1N1 can be dangerous but it is important to keep a little sense of perspective on the subject. Data at this stage can be misleading but at the [...]

Tags: H1N1, health, information, medicine, NHS, pandemic, panic, science, swine flu

Astrology – Too many people with their head in the clouds.

Posted by: Cassas on: July 17, 2009

A recent fun test of Astrology on Richard Wiseman’s website reminded me of the fact that despite being extremely sceptical of this crazy belief/pseudoscience I had never taken more than a passing interest in it so perhaps it was unfair of me to dismiss it out of hand. The first thing to consider is that [...]

Tags: Astrology, beliefs, controlled studies, meta-analyses, science, star-signs

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Monaco Grand Prix - so boring its worse than watching Cricket #bbcf1 HT @piershewitt 7 hours ago
Delighted that's over with. I'm a big F1 fan but I would happily remove Monaco from the calendar. #bbcf1 7 hours ago
Commentators doing their best to talk it up but it makes no difference if they are 1 or 10secs apart. You can't overtake at Monaco. #bbcf1 7 hours ago
McClaren have to bring in Button for inters. What do they have to lose? #bbcf1 7 hours ago
McClaren have to bring in Button for inters. What di they have to lose? #bbcf1 7 hours ago

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