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Does homeopathy work? Interview with Edzard Ernst

I don't want to forbid homoeopathy. I don't want to forbid anything. I want people to be well informed and make up their own choices. And that's precisely what we did. And eventually, the message was received at the level of the NHS, and they said, “Okay, we better stop that.” And as I said, today we don't have a single homoeopathic hospital.

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The Poison On Your Plate! Unbelievable Food Facts with Krish Ashok!

So today, it's Krish Ashok, who is quite the Renaissance man. He's written a book called Masala Lab. He's got an Instagram channel called Masala Lab. He has been debunking food myths and knows the science, history, and geography behind pretty much every form of Indian food there is.

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Scamming Autistic People: Exposing Facilitated Communication

Janyce Boynton used to be a facilitator who helped non-verbal autistic people communicate in a method called facilitated communication. She soon discovered that facilitated communication was a horrible scam taking advantage of these vulnerable people and their families. Now, it also goes by names like Rapid Prompting Method, Assisted Typing, Spelling to Communicate, and many more. So she set to work exposing the whole deal. This is her story.

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