Day: March 12, 2013

Istvan on Marcott Hockey Stick: ‘No statistically valid resolution to the combined proxy set for anything less than 300-year periods’

Let’s play hockey — again. Continue reading Istvan on Marcott Hockey Stick: ‘No statistically valid resolution to the combined proxy set for anything less than 300-year periods’

NYU Nanny Nestle on Soda Ban Decision: ‘Corporate health 1, public health 0’

“Many years hence, people will look back and think it was crazy for sugar drinks to ever be served in 32- and 64-ounce pails.” Continue reading NYU Nanny Nestle on Soda Ban Decision: ‘Corporate health 1, public health 0’

Feds refuse to investigate research misconduct at Johns Hopkins; Researcher who committed suicide ‘no longer poses a risk’

Institutional involvement and/or cover-up doesn’t matter? Even if the institution gets $600 million per year from NIH? Really? Continue reading Feds refuse to investigate research misconduct at Johns Hopkins; Researcher who committed suicide ‘no longer poses a risk’

Harvard Nanny Walter Willet: Soda ‘is all harm, no nutritional value’

But calories are the most important and basic form of nutrition. You can live a lot longer without vitamins/minerals than you can without calories. Continue reading Harvard Nanny Walter Willet: Soda ‘is all harm, no nutritional value’