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New paper casts doubt on the often reported huge rise in maternal deaths in the United States over the past 20 years. They put the blame firmly on a change in the reporting method.
Rushed through last minute before parliament is dissolved using emergency powers....
Was Roger Penrose not completely insane when he proposed his Orch OR theory of the mind? Still doesn’t explain the hard problem of consciousness, but a step closer?
Excellent essay from Coyne and Maroja that picks apart six widespread examples of biology being corrupted by (often well-intentioned) ideology.
Were the Greens booted out before they could quit? Lorna’s properly fuming calling it “an act of political cowardice”....
Brilliant mind. I was lucky enough to meet him at an invited lecture once and he was nice enough to sign Freedom Evolves for me....
SNP having a great day
There is a lot of disinformation flying around about this. The original myth about Cass “dismissing 98% of all data” started because an activist on twitter read the wrong paper....
Seen the “98% of studies were ignored!” one doing the rounds on social media. The editorial in the BMJ put it in much better terms:...
Appendix 4 in the Cass Review revealed that 6 out of the 7 adult GDC clinics currently operating in the UK refused to collect or share their patient followup data. If you want better care for struggling LGBT kids, you need the data.
The mighty Hitch and one of his great orations. I often wonder what would he think of the world, such as it is, in 2024.
We might be living in topsy-turvy world when Murdo Fraser has a point. Honestly, the whole idea of the police keeping “hate” notes on you when you haven’t committed a crime is pretty dystopian.
If even the Guardian won’t get behind your Hate Crime Act, maybe it’s worth having a wee think about it?
Grouse Moors will need to be licensed? About time.
