Showing posts with label Kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kids. Show all posts

Thursday, December 23, 2010

whats the harm?

A quick link to a BBC article about the harm caused to children by complementary and alternative medicine:
Alternative remedies 'dangerous' for kids says report
From the article: "Children don't make decisions themselves about their treatment; very often it is their parents, and parents can be misguided by the 50 million alternative medicine websites. The children are victims of lots of nonsense and false claims."

Friday, July 9, 2010

Pop-up LHC

It can be easy as a skeptic to end up rather pessimistic about the future.  Most people can be described as scientifically illiterate, and just as with literacy in general, it’s hereditary.  The future can look bleak, and that’s why I think it’s extra important to celebrate the wins.  Here is a popup book version of the Large Hadron Collider, because science is cool and kids have a right to know that.