<p><strong>James Watson</strong>&nbsp;died, and brilliant as his contribution to science was, he also had some very&nbsp;<strong>problematic views</strong>&nbsp;on race and women. The&nbsp;<strong>Church of Scientology</strong>&nbsp;seems to be in decline even if they try their best to deny it, claiming huge (but questionable) numbers on their&nbsp;<strong>recent big conference</strong>. We are happily surprised to see a&nbsp;<strong>very nice article</strong>&nbsp;about ourselves in&nbsp;<strong>the Skeptical Inquirer</strong>&nbsp;(thanks&nbsp;<strong>Susan!</strong>) and in&nbsp;<strong>TWISH</strong>&nbsp;we hear about the founding of&nbsp;<strong>the Pasteur Institute</strong>&nbsp;and what an impact it has had on science. Then, let’s look at the news:</p><ul><li><strong>UK</strong>: TikTok trend makes men seek unnecessary testosterone treatments</li><li><strong>UK</strong>: The BBC crisis</li><li><strong>INTERNATIONAL</strong>: Paracetamol revisited – still not linked to autism</li><li><strong>FRANCE</strong>: Climate disinformation goes mainstream</li><li><strong>INTERNATIONAL</strong>: Trolls and narcissism</li></ul><p>Watch out for&nbsp;<strong>‘Black Fraud Day’</strong>&nbsp;whose many scammers get this week’s prize for being&nbsp;<strong>Really Wrong</strong>.</p><p>https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-505.html</p><p><strong>Enjoy!</strong></p><p><strong>Segments</strong>:</p><p>0:00:27 Intro</p><p>0:00:52 Greetings</p><p>0:15:16 TWISH</p><p>0:23:11 News</p><p>0:52:10 Really Wrong</p><p>0:57:37 Quote</p><p>1:01:11 Outro</p><p>1:02:33 Outtakes</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>