Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com Remember ivermectin? Of course you do. It’s history in the last three years is just bizarre. But it illustrates
Shane Rogers Edith Cowan University Marc Hye-Knudsen Aarhus University theconversation.com This Father’s Day you may be rolling out your best ‘dad jokes’ and watching your children laugh (or groan). Maybe you’ll hear your own father, partner or friend crack a dad joke or two. You know the
Joseph Guhlin Peter Dearden University of Otago theconversation.com The genetic mapping of almost the entire kakapo population has shed new light on specific traits that will help conservation biologists in their efforts to save the critically endangered flightless night parrots. It also provides a blueprint for conservation genomics of
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
Maryanne Demasi Maryanne Demasi, 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is an investigative medical reporter with a PhD in rheumatology, who writes for online media and top tiered medical journals. For over a decade, she produced TV documentaries for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and has worked as a speechwriter and political advisor
David Gortler Dr David Gortler, a 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is a pharmacologist, pharmacist, research scientist and a former member of the FDA Senior Executive Leadership Team who served as senior advisor to the FDA Commissioner on matters of: FDA regulatory affairs, drug safety and FDA science policy. brownstone.org The
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com The New Zealand Ombudsman has dismissed NZDSOS’s complaint of 9 July 2021 despite claiming eight months ago that “you can be assured that your complaint remains a priority and is being actively monitored.” This dismissal comes 21 months after the
Dr Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
In a recent social media post, a confused wife and mother wondered what it is about sticks that so fascinates the male of the human species. When her son found a “pretty unremarkable” – she thought – stick, he and her husband colluded to sneak it home. “Why bring it home? It’
“Follow the science,” they said. If only they had. Instead, when it came to the Covid pandemic, politicians, bureaucrats, media, and too many scientists, put science a long, long second to politics. All along, the same people blithering about “the science” have, at best, been too often woefully, stubbornly wrong.
righttolife.org.uk James Roberts developed a folding incubator at Loughborough University when he was just 22. His invention is being used in the Ukraine to save the lives of premature babies born during the war. Final year university project saves lives Inspired by a documentary about Syria, James Roberts
Mary Neal University of Strathclyde theconversation.com The news that the first successful UK womb transplant has been performed at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford has been greeted as the “dawn of a new era” in reproductive medicine. The recipient is a 34-year-old woman born without a womb, and the
Matthew Gilmour Quadram Institute theconversation.com I should know better, but I admit that I do it too. I’ve just pulled some sliced chicken out of the fridge, as I set out to make up some sandwiches. I notice the chicken is within its use-by date, but I’m
Emily Evans Emily has worked in the media and communications industry in Western Australia as both a TV journalist and media advisor. She has a passion for scientific research and enjoys writing about the latest and quirkiest discoveries. Emily is also a big fan of going on adventures, eating Mexican
Hope springs eternal for the return of the thylacine. New scientific research related to another species, currently on the edge of extinction, may one day give such hopes some credence. Almost as common as dodgy “sightings” of the almost-certainly-extinct Tasmanian tiger, are hopeful speculations that, Jurassic Park-style, scientists will be
Meryl Nass Dr Meryl Nass, MD is an internal medicine specialist in Ellsworth, ME, and has over 42 years of experience in the medical field. She graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1980. brownstone.org This report is designed to help readers think about some big topics:
