HIV is the cause of AIDS. There is overwhelming evidence that this is true. AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a disorder of the immune system characterized by damage to, and loss of, a major subset of lymphocytes (white blood cells) the CD4 T cell. The disease first appeared in the 1980s and HIV-1, [...]
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Can Prison Work?
January 14th, 2012 
glasgowskeptic Way back in 1993, Michael Howard asserted that ‘Prison works’. Although we still live with the consequences of this claim, the evidence for it has become ever more disputed and, in Scotland at least, it no longer represents an orthodox position. So can we now ask some better questions? For whom might prisons work, and [...]
The Gay Blood Ban
December 10th, 2011 glasgowskeptic In this talk, Dr Harpreet Kohli, Director of Public Health for NHS Lanarkshire, reviews the work of the Blood Donor Selection Steering Group convened by the UK Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO). The report was published in September 2011 and the changes to blood donation criteria were implemented in [...]
SpeedScience – How Chemists Trick You and You Will Never Break Free of Our Fe Grasp
November 19th, 2011 glasgowskeptic The first Glasgow Skeptics SpeedScience event saw eight candidate speakers try to convince the Glasgow Skeptics audience to vote to hear their talk, but only two could be successful. This is one of those talks. Chemistry Tricks that fool the nation. Whether it’s in adverts on the TV or on the back of boxes of [...]
SpeedScience - How Chemists Trick You and You Will Never Break Free of Our Fe Grasp [ 14:56 | 20.5 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThe Science of Porn
October 1st, 2011 glasgowskeptic Is pornography turning us all into sex offenders? What effect does it have on attitudes towards women? Is it taking over the internet? If certain recent books — such as ‘Pornland’ by Professor Gail Dines — are to be believed, porn is having all these effects and more, and is a hugely detrimental force in [...]
