Bad Pharma, is on bad behaviour in the pharmaceutical industry and medicine more broadly: it is a top ten UK best seller. The Bad Science Amazon Store is an incredibly exciting opportunity for me to make money out of your innate desire to consume knowledge. Posted on January 12, 2021 January 12, 2021 Author Steve Milloy Categories Climate & Energy Leave a comment on Milloy on Erie, PA WJET-TV explaining why RGGI cap-and-tax is a bad idea Does coffee reduce prostate cancer risk? For more information about bad science, check out Dr. Ben Goldacre’s website, where he exposes the misuse of science. Debunking a Bad Science Website While teaching today I needed to find a picture of a fossil ape skull( Sivapithecus ) next to a modern ape skull (orangutan). His first book  “Bad Science” (4th Estate) has sold over 500,000 copies to date, is published in 18 countries, and reached number one in the UK non-fiction bestseller charts. Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they're right? EXAMPLES OF BAD SCIENCE. At the moment, I have no desire to tackle here such thorny topics as astrology, alternate views of the universe that are clearly in contradiction to observations, and the like. October 3rd, 2016 by Ben Goldacre in bad science | No Comments » The Conversation is a great media outlet, because it’s run by academic nerds, but made for everyone. There’s an expanding list of excellent books, click here and help me pay my webhosting fees: astore.amazon.co.uk/bs0b-21. Here is a list of some of the ulterior motives and other effects behind the bad science: ABPI (3) academic pr (4) academic publishing (6) adverts (45) africa (28) aids (6) alltrials campaign (16) alternative medicine (190) acupuncture (5) … Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharmaceutical industry. A few years ago on this show, I gave a list of the top ten websites that promoted the worst bad science, as a resource for those hoping to stand up to such web links. That may be bad news for “Colon Bob, Your $5 Colonoscopy Man,” but it’s good news for the rest of us. Ben Goldacre: Bad science: Channel 4 reported that a study in the Lancet showed a new drug had reduced the symptoms of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. The net effect of bad science being published without verification is millions of people with bad or even harmful information. The Bad Astronomy web pages are devoted to airing out myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related topics. Times change, sites come and go, rise and ebb, and we're ready for an update. Bad Science. Unfortunately, the study shows no such thing. Search. TED Talk Collected Journalism This Nerdy Book This Great Book T-shirts Categories. Some science released to the news or promoted by government is not true science at all, but consists of poor results released too soon, or results generated to please someone, rather than present the truth.