Epidemics Have Lost the Plot

Testing for Hardy-Weinberg proportions: have we lost the plot?

Testing for Hardy-Weinberg proportions (HWP) is routine in almost all genetic studies of natural populations, but many researchers do not demonstrate a full understanding of the purposes of these tests or how to interpret the results. Common problems include a lack of understanding of statistical power and the difference between statistical significance and biological significance, how to inter...

Environmental assessment & rating – have we lost the plot ?

This paper asks whether after 20years of development, the new discipline of environmental impact assessment and rating has lost its way. The paper shows examples of problems in building environmental rating systems, and corrupted science in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Ecolabelling and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD). Comparisons are drawn with carbon accounting and the problems this w...

Have Americans Lost Their Minds?

Have we lost the war on obesity?

Genomic anonymity: have we already lost it?

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