Archive for June 16th, 2007

A Festival of Ann Walker (Pt. 2)

redclover.jpg Our Festival of Ann Walker season continues with a thorough analysis of Ann Walker’s claims about ginko biloba by the excellent people over at HolfordWatch. I might be giving away too much if I tell you the title is “There is no convincing evidence that Ginkgo biloba is efficacious for dementia and cognitive impairment“. Just another example of how trying to silence your critics never works on the internet, and only attracts more attention to your dubious claims.

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Three Headed Frog?

Three-headed and likely three-bodiedThe BBC is reporting the discovery of a three-headed frog by children at a nursery in Weston-super-Mare. Apparently resident BBC wildlife expert Mike Dilger thinks it could be an early warning of environmental problems. He also says that frogs are “primitive” and so “the occasional extra toe is not that unusual”, and I’m struggling to follow the logic of that. I’m calling hoax on the whole thing as a) the specimen conveniently escaped before it could be examined by anyone of authority, and b) the image looks to me like two males grasping a female - common behaviour during mating in frogs.

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