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Why Measles Is So Contagious

19 Apr 2024

Even if he had been aware of what was happening inside the girl’s body, the man likely would not have been worried. She was, after all, sitting quite a long ways away....

Passover Stories Can Ignite Science

18 Apr 2024

 “Moses looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.” That passage from Exodus is one of the most famous ones in the entire Bible! After all, it was from that...

Acetone, Horse Chestnuts and the Weizmann Institute

10 Apr 2024

There were no video games. There was no Internet. TV had not yet been invented. So in the early 1900s, British children played “conkers.” This is perhaps best described as an early form of ...

A Tale of Benzene Poisoning and a Snake Snaring Its Own Tail

29 Mar 2024

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette. Professor Carl Santesson was intrigued.

Can We Get Smarter By Popping a Pill?

27 Mar 2024

We live in a world where people attempt to settle differences with insane wars and acts of terror. We foul our nest with an array of pollutants. We succumb to preventable diseases. We struggle to...

Can Vitamin C cure the common cold? Hold on

22 Mar 2024

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette....

Taking a Bath in Bath

20 Mar 2024

I first got interested in the history of the English town of Bath years ago when I had the pleasure of sitting in the famous “Pump Room,” sipping a glass of Bath water. A brochure on the table told...

The History of Clinical Trials

15 Mar 2024

Today when a new medication is introduced, we expect it to be backed by evidence gleaned from proper research. Our gold standard is the randomized double-blind controlled trial, but surprisingly...

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