The real issue with Hugh Laurie The patient volunteer Interesting blog bits Countdown and wholesalers: Are consumers the ones benefiting? Monday Micro – Microwave popcorn and Cystic Fibrosis Stuff’s stuff-up: climate liars on the loose homeopathic first aid Climateballs: O’Sullivan strikes again Summer Singers EconTalk this week The real issue with Hugh Laurie Posted: 24 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST Theres been quite a lot of media coverage about who said what to whom in the supposed stoush between Hugh Laurie and Immigration New Zealand over a work visa - see, for example, Hugh Lauries spat with Immigration NZ - and Ive been wa... [Click on the headline above for the full story] The patient volunteer Posted: 24 Feb 2014 10:35 AM PST Me Curious Ignorant Seeker of understanding Hunter of truths Volunteer Hurting Vulnerable Seeker of healing Hunter for relief Volunteer Willing Generous Seeker of understanding Hunter of truths Tagged: Clinical trials, Emergency Departmen... [Click on the headline above for the full story] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now Interesting blog bits Posted: 23 Feb 2014 10:00 PM PST Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner, Georgi Kocharkov and Cezar Santos on US inequality due to assortative marriages. How Americans form and dissolve families has changed dramatically since 1950. One of these changes has been an increase in assortative mating, i.e. how likely a person is to marry someone of similar educational background. This column argues that since education is an important determinant of income, these patterns of matching have had an important impact on the economys distribution of income.John Taylor on Next Time Remember the Lessons from Stimulus Packages It’s the... [Click on the headline above for the full story] Countdown and wholesalers: Are consumers the ones benefiting? Posted: 23 Feb 2014 05:30 PM PST There has been a bit of discussion about Countdown hurting wholesalers to get prices down, flexing their muscle shall we say (here and here). The Commerce Commission is concerned about this and is investigating. Via Twitter I noticed that the concerns about supermarkets being bullies has led to an increasing desire to do something about […] [Click on the headline above for the full story] Monday Micro – Microwave popcorn and Cystic Fibrosis Posted: 23 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST What on earth could link microwave popcorn and cystic fibrosis (CF), a life-threatening inherited disease most common among Caucasians? The additive 2,3-butanedione, also known as diacetyl, a volatile colourless liquid with an intensely buttery flavor. Diacetyl is produced naturally as a fermentation product by some microbial species and can be found in some beers, as [...] [Click on the headline above for the full story] Stuff’s stuff-up: climate liars on the loose Posted: 23 Feb 2014 02:37 AM PST Stuff Nation was introduced a couple of years ago as the reader-led section of Fairfax Digital’s NZ news site Stuff.co.nz1, home to quiz groups and news submitted by readers. Sadly for them, one or two of their readers have been taking them for a ride, to judge by one of this weekend’s lead stories — […] [Click on the headline above for the full story] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now homeopathic first aid Posted: 22 Feb 2014 11:48 PM PST Some of my fellow Skeptics have been discussing a homeopath who offers courses in homeopathic first-aid for the home. Might work for dehydration, I suppose, given that a 30C dilution (thats a 1 in 100 dilution, repeated 30 times)... [Click on the headline above for the full story] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now Climateballs: O’Sullivan strikes again Posted: 22 Feb 2014 11:42 PM PST John O’Sullivan — the pseudosceptic who is serially and persistently wrong about almost everything he chooses to write about, and who has made a career out of misrepresenting his own abilities and qualifications — is at it again. In a “review” of a new book by Canadian denier Tim Ball (left), O’Sullivan1 writes: The courage […] [Click on the headline above for the full story] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now Summer Singers Posted: 22 Feb 2014 11:32 PM PST The cicadas have been particularly vocal this month. This has been helped by the numbers of them. The local population has exploded. Oddly, the neighbours cat had decided theyre good to hunt. Also to eat- the crunchy sounds ... [Click on the headline above for the full story] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now EconTalk this week Posted: 22 Feb 2014 10:00 PM PST Charles Calomiris of Columbia University and Stephen Haber of Stanford University, co-authors of Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit, talk with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about their book. The conversation focus... [Click on the headline above for the full story] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now You are subscribed to email updates from SciBlogs.co.nz To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610
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