This variant on the secret drug experimentation scare comes from the Mail this week (it was also in the Telegraph). Link here to John Rentoul’s site where I saw it first. Any information on the writer of this new book?

The UK paperback edition is published 6th May 2010 Click here to buy this edition of Voodoo Histories: How Conspiracy Theory Has Shaped Modern History.

Synopsis: Our age is obsessed by the idea of conspiracy. We see it everywhere – from Pearl Harbour to 9/11, from the assassination of Kennedy to the death of Diana.

A great post, as ever, at Bad Science:

The BBC have found someone whose cancer was cured by homeopathy

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have hit the bottom of the barrel. Homeopathy cured my cancer, on BBC News (full post here).

The US hardback edition of my Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History with new chapter was published February 4th 2010. To read more about the book click here.