Worries about an apocalypse unleashed by particle accelerators are not new, says Philip Ball. They have their source in old myths, which are hard to dispel.
... s Bigfoot news is that, by all appearances, the claims about finding an actual corpse of the long-sought monster are bogus. The good news is that it didn't take all that long to bust the Bigfoot myth.
Why do both presidential candidates champion one of medical care’s most pervasive myths?
... I was an undergraduate, I had to read Bram Stoker's Dracula for a class called, "Myths of the World." The novel is composed of first hand accounts, diary entries, letters and newspaper clippings to ...
... to owls, the National Wildlife Federation shares the facts about these animals and what they are up to at this time of year, which might dispel a few myths. Bats - are they out for my blood?
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In the darkness of the strange holiday of Halloween, five myths and urban legends can be debunked.
... allow a 7-year-old to differentiate between the imaginary and reality are insufficient to let go of the myth," he adds, pointing out that half of children of that age in a 1980 study still believed. ...
Parents may think that sugar makes children hyperactive, but it's a myth, say researchers who analyzed evidence on this and other festive medical folklore.
... , however, reveals the claim to be nonsense, say
scientists who have dispelled this and five other modern myths.They
traced the origins of the hat-wearing advice back to a US army
survival manual from ...
... beliefs is readily available. Only by investigation, discussion, and debate can we reveal the existence of such myths and move the field of medicine forward," they write.
In 2009, St. Martin's Press ...
... the holidays? Are poinsettias toxic? Hangovers cures, do they work? These are some of the common myths that are fictitious, according to an article in the Christmas issue published on bmj.com today.
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In a new study, researchers applied rigorous search methodology to explore the science behind six medical myths commonly associated with the holidays yet relevant year-round.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Scientists have uncovered stunning stucco panels that appear to depict one of the oldest and most important myths of the ancient Maya.
A Queen's University research team has blown open the myth that massage after exercise improves circulation to the muscle and assists in the removal of lactic acid and other waste products. "This ...
... 't it be nice to cross something off the list? Turns out you can. Researchers have been busy debunking some common medical myths that have been repeated so many times, people assume them to be true.
