http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/science.htm en-us sepp@lastrega.com Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:11:50 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/03/27/neuropsychiatric_genetics_fails_to_find_cause_of_mental_illness.htm Psychiatry is looking for biological mechanisms to explain what it defines as "mental illness" to justify biological treatments, such as electroshock and mind bending pharmaceutical drugs. One of the more recent trends is to look for genes as a cause of aberrant behavior. No such luck, says Vince Boehm, who maintains a specialized mailing list, in a recent communication. The search for a genetic cause is failing, according to author Dr Jay Joseph, and even psychiatry's own researchers admit as much. Here's what Vince says: Well, I've got some horrible news for the true believers out there. Don't blame mom and dad. Genetics is a cherished "article of faith" in mental illness theory. I've often wondered how... Health Sepp Hasslberger Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:11:50 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/02/01/world_health_organization_paralyzed_by_nuclear_lobby.htm A study by the World Health Organization's senior radiation advisor Dr Keith Baverstock, completed in 2001, suggested that the use of uranium weapons in Iraq could pose a unique health hazard to the civilian population. The publication of the study was suppressed by the World Health Organization's hierarchy and only in February 2004 the UK Sunday Herald broke that story. Dr Baverstock was quoted as saying: “I believe our study was censored and suppressed by the WHO because they didn’t like its conclusions. Previous experience suggests that WHO officials were bowing to pressure from the IAEA, whose remit is to promote nuclear power. That is more than unfortunate, as publishing the study would have helped forewarn the... Environment Sepp Hasslberger Fri, 1 Feb 2008 18:46:11 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2007/12/13/what_really_killed_the_dinosaurs.htm Was the disappearance of the dinosaurs from the face of planet earth due to a single huge catastrophic event, such as the impact of a large asteroid or a series of volcanic eruptions that darkened the skies for an extended period of time, or was it a much more gradual process? Scene from the movie Dinosaur - Image: The Reel McCoy. Beldeu Singh argues that a gradual change of the level of oxygen in the atmosphere, rather than the direct effects of a catastrophe was to blame. Perhaps it could be both: A catastrophic event or series of catastrophes could have brought about what we would now call a "nuclear winter", killing off much of the flourishing... Health Sepp Hasslberger Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:05:01 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2006/12/14/biofuels_hard_choice_want_food_or_fuel.htm It's been just over two year ago that Georges Monbiot warned us of the dark side of an apparently good idea: replacing petroleum based fuels with others based on bio-mass. My article reporting on this drew some critical comments, but the initial fears seem to be borne out now as we are getting closer to implementing the biofuel option. In May 2005, US president Bush urged widespread adoption of both biodiesel and ethanol production from agricultural products, as part of a strategy to reduce US dependence on oil imports. What he apparently didn't consider were the knock-on effects of such a strategy on food prices and ultimately on the ability of agriculture to assure a supply of... Environment Sepp Hasslberger Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:28:38 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2006/06/23/will_nature_science_allow_aids_discussion.htm Darin Brown, initiator of the Aids Wiki is asking a very interesting question: Why is it that scientific media refuse to allow discussion of the different scientific views that exist on the etiology and the best treatment modes of Aids? In the article, titled Who Are the Real AIDS Denialists? – Testing the 'Moore Assertion' Brown cites Prof. John P. Moore, self-appointed "Major General in the War on AIDS" and spokesperson for "The Scientific Community." Moore recently appeared on the Wiki only to refuse any public debate with the words: "Participating in any public forum with the likes of Bialy would give him a credibility that he does not merit. The science community does not ‘debate’ with... Epidemics Sepp Hasslberger Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:13:32 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/12/22/chemical_poisoning_brave_new_world_of_zero_risk.htm Brave New World of Zero Risk - Covert strategy in British Science Policy is Martin Walker's latest exposé of scientific corruption. The book takes the chemical and pharmaceutical multinationals to task for bending science in the name of industrial progress and for riding roughshod over the human tragedies of people suffering injury from toxic chemicals. Supermarket Emma Holister An incisive investigative writer, Martin Walker is widely known for his monumental Dirty Medicine, which documents the collusion of modern medicine with a greed-driven pharmaceutical industry. In 2004 Walker took up the fight for the chemically injured with another book, Skewed. He examines the scandalous re-definition as a psychiatric problem of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and a related cluster... Health Sepp Hasslberger Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:08:37 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/11/05/will_hydrinos_replace_oil_as_power_source.htm Randall Mills of Blacklight Power has been working for years perfecting a discovery that could change not only the way we make and use energy but also bring a host of new materials. Mills says that hydrogen, the most abundant element, has a hidden store of energy locked up inside it. He has found a way to unlock that store and extract energy from hydrogen atoms by changing the electron's orbit. With a closer orbit of its electron, the hydrogen atom not only is free to give up some of its energy, but it also acquires new properties and a new name: hydrino. The discovery is a no-no according to the current physics rule books. So Mills... Science Sepp Hasslberger Sat, 5 Nov 2005 19:19:28 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/09/16/corrupted_research_most_scientific_findings_are_false.htm Published Research is majorly false. That is the upshot of a recent Greek study which examined the outcomes of scientific studies against subsequent research which proved them unreliable. It seems that most studies "find" whatever outcome the funders desire. With most funding for health related research coming from pharmaceutical companies, it is no wonder that there should be a certain bias. Contradictory outcomes of studies are common. Many of the false studies are trumpeted up in the press as if previous research they contradict did not exist, even if study quality is extremely dubious. Both scientific research and the media are involved in this game. See article in Public Library of Science. Michael Meacher, a former UK... Science Sepp Hasslberger Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:25:50 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/09/02/energy_are_oil_and_natural_gas_renewable.htm Unbeknownst to Westerners, there have actually been for quite some time now two competing theories concerning the origins of petroleum. One theory claims that oil is an organic 'fossil fuel' deposited in finite quantities near the planet's surface. The other theory claims that oil is continuously generated by natural processes in the Earth's magma. One of the world's leading advocates for the theory that hydrocarbons are renewable is Dr. Thomas Gold who contends that oil is not a limited resource, and that oil, natural gas and coal, are not so-called 'fossil fuels.' See: If hydrocarbons are renewable- then is "Peak Oil" a fraud? Two further commentaries on the matter of oil exploration and discovered but capped oil... Science Sepp Hasslberger Fri, 2 Sep 2005 00:59:25 GMT http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/08/10/gm_food_safety_royal_society_suppressed_study.htm Some years ago, I heard of the study of Dr. Arpad Pusztai, who found important safety issues connected with genetically modified foods in a three-year study - the first one designed for the express purpose of testing GM safety. Pusztai was ousted from his post after government intervention and the study was maligned in every possible way. How his study results were suppressed is interesting, but more than that - the intervention by the Royal Society to trash the research and fire the messenger gives us an idea that science is not the independent arbiter of truth we expect it to be. Seemingly, you either find the "right" results (in this case for the agro/food industry) or... Health Sepp Hasslberger Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:21:10 GMT