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‘Google to rank pages by accuracy’ shown to be inaccurate

Posted by Stuart Farrimond ⋅ March 31, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment

As a science writer who writes a lot about health, I spend more time than most scouring the internet for medicine-related information. Unfortunately, the advice that ‘Dr Google’ prescribes is all-too-often a bit dodgy. Search ‘how to treat my headache’, for example, and in alongside the sensible suggestions are some rather more dubious and laughable … Continue reading →

Three parent babies: it’s not what you think

Posted by Stuart Farrimond ⋅ March 25, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment

Most of us came into this world through a moment of passion between our father and mother. Not so for everyone. In the world today there are 200,000 people who were not conceived in the conventional way – but in a Petri dish. For the past 35 years, IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation) and similar ‘test … Continue reading →

The risks of drinking bottled water: getting some clarity

Posted by Stuart Farrimond ⋅ March 17, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment

One of the best ever episodes of Only Fools and Horses has to be ‘Mother Nature’s Son’. Originally aired in 1992, the hilarious Christmas special sees Delboy convert his kitchen into a mineral water bottling factory after he successfully duped a wealthy entrepreneur into selling his brand of ‘Peckham Spring’ water. In true Del and … Continue reading →