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Jordan Peterson Says Meat Cured His Depression. Now His Daughter Is Charging...
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Transgender Athletes Can Now Compete In The CrossFit Games
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Scientists Are Doubting A Famous Study That Claimed You Can Be Easily Tricked...
A study made headlines in 2015 for claiming that 70% of people could be convinced they’d committed a false crime. Now critics are pushing back on the study — and it’s getting a formal correction. View...
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This Controversial Ivy League Scientist Left His Kickstarter Donors High And Dry
Cornell University food scientist Brian Wansink, who’s embroiled in research misconduct allegations, now has another problem: Kickstarter donors who say they never got what they were promised. Wansink...
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Here’s How Cornell Scientist Brian Wansink Turned Shoddy Data Into Viral...
Brian Wansink won fame, funding, and influence for his science-backed advice on healthy eating. Now, emails show how the Cornell professor and his colleagues have hacked and massaged low-quality data...
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An Ivy League Food Scientist Has Retracted Yet Another Study — His Sixth
The withdrawn paper, about getting kids to eat more vegetables, is Cornell professor Brian Wansink’s sixth retraction. View Entire Post ›
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A Scientist Who Worked Closely With Brian Wansink Is No Longer At His Job
Collin Payne has come under fire for his studies with Brian Wansink, a renowned food marketing scientist at Cornell University. As of January, Payne is no longer a professor at New Mexico State...
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The “Right To Try” Unapproved Therapies Just Got Shot Down, And Medical...
A law that would give terminally ill patients the “right to try” unapproved treatments — and largely bypass federal regulators — failed to pass the House of Representatives on Tuesday. View Entire Post ›
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The Seven Biggest Lies Theranos Told
Theranos, led by CEO and founder Elizabeth Holmes, raised more than $700 million on the promise of a revolutionary blood-testing technology that never materialized. The Securities and Exchange...
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The FDA Is Cracking Down On A Website That Lets You Take A Vision Test From Home
Opternative, a startup that lets people get a glasses prescription without leaving home, has received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration. View Entire Post ›
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Customers Are Suing A Fertility Center That May Have Damaged Thousands Of...
At least two lawsuits have been filed against Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco after thousands of frozen eggs and embryos were potentially damaged. View Entire Post ›
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After A Torrent Of Criticism, A Journal Just Retracted A Study Pushing The...
A journal just retracted a study supporting the “Gut Makeover” diet, one of countless ventures to seize on microbiome hype. View Entire Post ›
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Hundreds Of Researchers Are Trying To Replicate High-Profile Psychology Studies
Tired of flashy research that fails to hold up, psychologists around the world are taking it upon themselves to redo influential studies. View Entire Post ›
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Facebook Bans Tobacco Ads, But The Tobacco Industry Finds Other Ways To...
As Facebook comes under fire for its advertising and data-sharing practices, researchers have discovered that e-cigarettes and other tobacco products are being hawked on the platform to teens. View...
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Those Studies About Pasta Being Good For You? Some Are Paid For By Barilla.
Facing pressure from the low-carb movement, Barilla and other companies are funding and promoting research that argues pasta is healthy. View Entire Post ›
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The CEO Who Injected Himself With An Experimental Herpes Therapy Was Found...
The body of 28-year-old startup CEO Aaron Traywick was found Sunday morning in a spa in Northwest DC. View Entire Post ›
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CrossFit Just Fired Its Spokesperson Who Said LGBT Pride Is A “Sin”
“He needs to take a big dose of ‘shut the fuck up' and hide out for a while. It’s sad,” CrossFit’s CEO Greg Glassman told BuzzFeed News. View Entire Post ›
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CrossFit’s “Holy War”: The Rise And Fall Of Its Science Crusader
CrossFit’s strident spokesperson Russell Berger was winning a war against junk science — until his anti-LGBT bigotry got him fired. View Entire Post ›
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Here's A Bizarre Medical Scam That Even The FDA Can't Figure Out
A rash of official-looking warning letters may be linked to an "international extortion scam," the FDA said. View Entire Post ›
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Jordan Peterson Says Meat Cured His Depression. Now His Daughter Is Charging...
Mikhaila Peterson, 26, is now making money off a new kind of diet that allegedly cured her depression and arthritis: all meat, all the time. View Entire Post ›
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