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Doctor bets against traditional Chinese medicine

Doctor bets against traditional Chinese medicine

A sceptic of traditional Chinese medicine is challenging practitioners of the age-old craft to prove themselves by putting his own money on the line. One has accepted the challenge. At stake is the claim that practitioners can discern whether a woman is pregnant by her pulse.  Read more

PNAS narrows pathway to publication

One door to publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has slammed shut. In an editorial this week, Editor-in Chief Inder Verma said the prestigious US journal will no longer accept submitted papers that come with a pre-arranged editor (who is a member of the National Academy of Sciences).  Read more