Links
Great sites and organizations
- British Humanist Association - supporting and representing the non-religious and campaigning for a secular society.
- ebm-first - A critical look at alternative medicine and its issues.
- Edzard Ernst - Factual, evidence-based information on alternative medicine.
- The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
- The Quackery page - by Prof. David Colquhoun
- Full Fact - the UK's only independent factchecking organisation
- The Nightingale Collaboration - Consumer protection by reporting misleading and illegal claims in alt. med. advertising to the relevant authorities.
- Bad Science - Ben Goldacre's commentary looking at the misuse of science.
- NHS Choices - looking at the actual science behind sensationalist medical news stories.
- National Secular Society - Campaigning to separate religion from the state and to promote true equality.
- Science Based Medicine - Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine.
- Sense About Science - How to understand science and evidence.
- TED - Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world.
Other useful sites
- Apache Open Office - Free office publishing software - excellent.
- Righting Writing - A useful proofreading service for those important documents and papers.
- Snopes - An excellent site looking at urban legends. Many "true" anecdotes and Friend Of A Friend (FOAF) stories are nothing more than urban legends.
- Tabloid Watch - highlighting some of the ridiculous claims printed by the tabloids.