Oh, we have Brisbane, Australia. The Brisbane District Court recently passed sentence on the father of an 11-year-old girl who had refused his daughter hospital treatment for a heart infection. Instead, he kept her at home and force-fed her a form of “glyconutrients” – essentially, sugar pills …
In the wake of Jett Travolta’s death from a seizure, it is timely to present this audio recording of L. Ron Hubbard speaking about epilepsy: And then people who have epilepsy, which is a type of disease which gives them seizures, are almost always …
An artist's impression of the Druid superclub Stonehenge may have originally been used as a venue for ancient ravers, according to new academic findings. Dr Rupert Till, a musicologist at Huddersfield University, argues that the acoustics of the Stone Circle would have made it an …
Research recently published in the journal Pediatrics has provided further evidence to demonstrate what most of us already knew about sex education: that the promotion of abstinence from sex as the only valid form of sexual activity for teenagers simply does not work. The research, …
Former Scientologist and prominent critic of the “Church” Michael Pattinson has written an interesting post at the Why We Protest forums entitled “What Scientology will probably do about the tragic death of Jett Travolta”. Counterknowledge contributor Damian DeWitt has added his thoughts at his Scientology-related blog, …
Jett Travolta (Picture: AP) This week, we learned that 16-year-old Jett Travolta died after hitting his head during a seizure. His parents have always denied his autism, claiming instead that he suffered from an obscure condition known as Kawasaki syndrome, contracted from “carpet-cleaning chemicals”. According …
All is not roses in the world of Nostradamus “scholarship”. Writing on his blog, the President of the Nostradamus Society of America, Victor Baines, accuses Dr Michael Rathford, author of a new book entitled The Nostradamus Code: World War III 2009-2012, of being a charlatan. …
The UK leads the way in festive boozing, various surveys have shown. Even more than the French, it is the British who drink most (per capita) during the Christmas season. But what follows, we all know, is not so much fun. On the first day …
A drug rehabilitation facility run by the “Church” of Scientology front group Narconon in Alberquerque, New Mexico, had its lease agreement terminated for violating its terms. Second Chance was only intended to house non-violent criminals from the local county jail. However, the facility housed violent …
Protesters have been taking to the streets of Glastonbury, Somerset, after their council installed free Wi-Fi masts in the centre of the town. The rural town, which has a population of 9,000, is most famous for its summer rock festival. Now, the residents fear that …