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Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death and disability in Canada. However, despite widespread awareness about its dangers, many individuals continue to smoke. Come join our experts as they share the challenges and rewards of quitting smoking, from both a medical and social point of view. Smokers, quitters, students, friends, and family welcome! Q&A to follow.

Dr. Joe Schwarcz will present "Alternative Medicine - Hope or Hype?"  

Pseudoscience in Medicine

Presenter: Dr. Joe Schwarcz 

Alternative medicine, integrated medicine, complementary medicine. These terms are widely featured in the media, usually without appropriate critical analysis. There is a great deal of confusion among the public, as well as among physicians, about what the various “alternative” treatments actually encompass and about their safety and efficacy.

AstroMcGill will be holding the May Public Astro Night on May 23rd.

The public lecture will be given by Prof. Andrew Cumming ("In Search for New Worlds: the Diverse Properties of Exoplanets"), professor at the McGill Physics Department.

Following the lecture, the audience will get the opportunity to access the observatory of the roof of the physics building for night sky observations. There will also be a lab tour with some demonstrations and activities.

Detox!

Dr. Joe Schwarcz will be presenting  a talk on "Scientific Illiteracy"

Why for years and years there were no red M&M's or how do they get that maraschino cherry to float in the syrup inside a Cherry Blossom?  What is the link between the bombardier beetle at the V-2 rocket?  Why does popcorn pop?  Why are there holes in Swiss cheese?  Have you ever considered why there are no nuts or grapes in Grape Nuts Flakes or why witches supposedly use broomsticks as a method of transportation?  Why did Van Gogh mangle his ear?  Were Agatha Christie's accounts of dastardly poisonings based on real science?