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Very very long critique of existing claims on the effectiveness of guaifenesin on fibromyalgia. May take more than one evening to read and thoroughly digest this.

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Everyone is linking to this video, but it pretty stunning. Time-lapse view of the Earth from the ISS, featuring light pollution, Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis, plus thunderstorms.

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I have no idea how the physics behind this works. At the moment, I'm fielding quite advanced science questions from Tom (what makes the sun shine? where did the first animal come from?), so I'm tempted not to show him this video as I think my brain will explode if I try to explain it in language for a (bright) five year old.

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Handy guide to radiation doses. Useful for perspective.

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Old BBC News article reporting on an aggregated study that proved that homeopathy is total bunk. One wonders why the NHS pays for this stuff (including a sizeable hospital near me).

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Nice article that, in brief, debunks a whole series of medical myths, including my pet hate: homeopathy.

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Campaigning to cut through the mumbo-jumbo, misinformation and downright lies peddled by practitioners and celebrities when discussing just about anything. Highly laudable.

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Not only playgroups, but daycare too. I've no doubt that going to another home and socializing with other children has done Tom a power of good, both socially and physically.

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Large Hadron Collider won't cause a black hole that swallows up the Earth. Which is a relief.

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100 years since the Tunguska impact. If something occured today over Westminster, everything inside the M25 would be wiped out. Which would certainly deal with the eyesore that is Croydon.

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1.9 K. Pretty cold. And remember - the world will not end when they switch this thing on.

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Viruses found that prey on other, bigger, viruses. Frankly, it's a wonder that there are any higher life forms that have survived this long.

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With increasing pressure to limit or even end the use of growth regulators on ornamental crops, this sort of thing could become very important. And, as a hormone therapy rather than genetic modification, it should be possible to use in controlled conditio

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Makes you think. I particularly enjoy hearing about the Pioneer (and Voyager) missions - they have been around for much the same time as me.

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How to get your worm - mimic a mole.

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Worth reading. The best advice I had was to only ever buy live mussels (we get them more-or-less straight off the boat) and to tap them when you clean them. Live, fresh mussels will close when tapped. Anything that doesn't move is dead and therefore suspe

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Jim al-Khalili has a gift for explaining complex ideas in an entertaining, lucid and understandable way. I'll be watching this programme.

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Nightingale numbers fallen by 95% over 30 years. But there's one in the tree outside my door, singing its lungs out.

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Excellent photo documentary of the first manned landing on the Moon, 40 years ago this week. via LMG.

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