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Natália Pasternak
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Natalia Pasternak is a microbiologist with a PhD in bacterial genetics and professor of science and policy at Columbia University. She’s founder and current president of Instituto Questão de Ciência (Question of Science Institute).
Brazil’s COVID-19 inquiry puts pseudoscience on trial
The COVID-19 inquiry in Brazil is an opportunity to understand what went wrong and what can be learned - it is one we can't afford to pass up
Brazil’s bogus “Covid kit” represents a failure of private healthcare regulation
Investigations show doctors were pressured to prescribe "early treatment protocol" Covid kits made up of unproven, ineffective interventions
The ‘scientist as lone genius’ is a myth that obscures real stories of scientific discovery
Science communication that focuses on lone geniuses making accidental discoveries can prime the public to accept quacks masquerading as mavericks
When it comes to our health, doing nothing is often better than doing something wrong
Most of the time, being proactive can be a good thing, but when it comes to healthcare, doing nothing is better than doing something stupid.
Kardecism: the fringe spiritualist doctrine which became the soul of pseudoscience in Brazil
Kardecism - an 19th century off-shoot of spiritualism - found fertile ground in Brazil, and grew to wholly undermine trust in science and medicine.
Brazilian Congress turns green – not for the environment, but for homeopathy
Brazil continues to make baffling healthcare decisions, including lighting up the Brazilian congress buildings... in honour of homeopathy
Brazil’s government throw their weight behind Creationism and Intelligent Design
Driven by the Discovery Institute, Creationism and Intelligent Design have been gaining ground in Brazil, and finding support in government.
Rectal ozone therapy: Brazil’s latest COVID-19 pseudoscience
Brazil's rectal ozone therapy may sound ridiculous, but the reach of the pseudoscience movement is no joke
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