Posted on Dec 1, 2011 | Comments Off on Balance bracelets, Homeopathy And More – Dr. Placebo Is Thriving
It’s important that we learn to think critically about one of the most powerful forces in medical research, the placebo effect.It’s also important to realize that even when placebos (placebo is Latin for “I will please”) have a positive impact, the effects can be short-term and end up masking more serious symptoms, preventing people from seeking reliable and effective treatments.In an...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2011 | Comments Off on Is scientific image fraud a growing problem?
Scientists in the United States have come up with a tool for automatically analyzing digital photographs, making it possible to gauge the extent to which images have been altered or retouched. Advances in image-manipulation software have made it trivial to radically alter the appearance of models and celebrities in photos, notes Hany Farid, a computer scientist who studies digital forensics and...
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