Video Pointers

As I’m very busy at the present time, this is not going to be a full-blown blog post. I would just like to share with our readers some very interesting videos that I’ve come across recently.
Firstly, a fascinating one hour talk talk by Andy Thomson in which he explains some of the powerful psychological mechanisms [...]

Darwin inspired by abolitionism?

It’s Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday in a couple of weeks. No wonder then that there are currently many events in London to commemorate the seminal scientist. The Natural History Museum, for example, is hosting a small exhibition featuring many of his original notebooks, items from the Beagle (the ship that took him to the Galapagos [...]

Book: The Great Cholesterol Con

A few minutes ago, I decided to put aside the book The Great Cholesterol Con by Malcolm Kendrick. Actually, I was given the Dutch translation (EAN 9789085711711) to read. Google will give you a long list of bookreviews and bloggers praising the book by “Dr. Kendrick,” but the website of THe International Cholesterol Sceptics (THINCS) [...]