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This week brings a short podcast due to a perfect storm of work and health issues. I discuss recent news, including designer babies, George Clooney flavored tofu, Canadian Science Minister Gary Goodyear, and more nonsense from the Pope. Please excuse my voice and my apparent inability to form a sentence this week, I was rocked by a cold. Correction: In the podcast I referred to Gary Goodyear as Prime Minister. Of course, I meant Science Minister. I had a cold, forgive me.
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No Libel Laws in Science

The use of the English libel laws to silence critical discussion of medical practice and scientific evidence discourages debate, denies the public access to the full picture and encourages use of the courts to silence critics. The British Chiropractic Association has sued Simon Singh for libel. The scientific community would have preferred that it had defended its position about chiropractic through an open discussion in the medical literature or mainstream media.



