Posts Tagged ‘weird science’

Standing Up (or Squatting) for the Fungal Kingdom

As part of a performance art installation, Martha Crockatt, a scientist at Cardiff University, took a turn from 3-4am (July 15th?), on a plinth inĀ  Trafalgar Square. She was dressed sort of like a mushroom. An Amanita muscaria by the looks of it. According to Martha, “My time on the plinth was a celebration of [...]

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Cancer is Fungus (No… It Isn’t)

Wanna’ read something silly? How about the guy who considers all cancers to be caused by fungi? Dr. Simoncini (he’s Romulan, er…I mean “Roman”), wrote the book on it. You won’t find any legitimate medical web sites touching it. Plenty of alternative medicine folks seem to be enthralled with the idea. If you snoop around [...]

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