‘Choice’ fetish spawns mind-meltingly stupid homeopathy policy The UK government’s rejection of a damning Commons report on homeopathy leaves Martin Robbins baffled and depressed
July 31, 2010 By admin
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‘Choice’ fetish spawns mind-meltingly stupid homeopathy policy The UK government’s rejection of a damning Commons report on homeopathy leaves Martin Robbins baffled and depressed The government has released its eagerly anticipated response to the Science and Technology Committee’s Evidence Check on Homeopathy and, incredibly, it’s even worse than I thought it would be. The verdict is “business as usual”, with the main recommendations of the committee ignored in a fog of confusion and double-think. You get a sense of this confusion very early on, with lines...
The famous sarsens may have been shaped at Marden Henge before being dragged to Stonehenge.Was Marden Henge the builder’s yard for Stonehenge?
July 31, 2010 By admin
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Was Marden Henge the builder’s yard for Stonehenge? Stone tools, flakes and the remains of a final feast at the site in Wiltshire hint that the huge sarsens that now stand at Stonehenge were brought to Marden Henge first The last revellers seem to have cleared up scrupulously after the final party at Marden Henge some 4,500 years ago. They scoured the rectangular building and the smart white chalk platform on top of the earth bank, with its spectacular view towards the river Avon in one direction, and the hills from which the giant sarsen stones were brought to Stonehenge in the other. All...
The tadpole shrimp, Triops cancriformis, which was part of two colonies found at Caerlaverock on the Solway Coast of Dumfriesshire.
July 31, 2010 By admin
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Two colonies of age-old and endangered tadpole shrimps discovered alive and well near Solway coast A field near Gretna in Dumfriesshire might not be an obvious place to find the world’s oldest living creatures, but a team of scientists has done just that. Two colonies of a prehistoric shrimp that evolved when the dinosaurs ruled the Earth have been found alive and well in the Caerlaverock nature reserve on the Solway coast. The discovery has led experts to think there could be more of the little crustaceans, which are listed as endangered species, elsewhere in the area. The ancient creatures,...
