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Gene-Therapied Pork or the Fear of RNA Vaccines in Livestock

21 Apr 2023

“How long have you been consuming gene therapied pork?” That’s the question Joe Mercola, snake oil salesman supreme and one of the world’s richest doctors, recently asked on his website. (His...

Can you eat to beat disease?

19 Apr 2023

Just about any publication that explores the role of diet in disease invokes Hippocrates’ famous dictum, “Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food.” Actually, there is no record of...

Fighting the Urge to Eat Bar Soap

14 Apr 2023

There’s something very pleasant about perusing the artisanal soap selection at a home goods store or farmer’s market. With additives like honey and oatmeal, they appeal to the palate as well as to...

Awash in Carcinogens

12 Apr 2023

Sir Percival Pott took an interest in the scrota of men. Particularly chimney sweeps. Pott was an eminent surgeon who in 1775 published a seminal paper that for the first time identified an...

Andrew Huberman Has Supplements on the Brain

7 Apr 2023

Combining the calm delivery and pared-down wardrobe of a Sam Harris with the more imposing physique of a Joe Rogan, Andrew Huberman wants to give you science-based tips on how to optimize your...

This One Is For The Birds

17 Mar 2023

Pet birds are very popular and loads of people have bird feeders in their back yards. That makes for birdseed being a huge business! Most people of course don’t give much thought to what it...

Dancing With Gummy Bears

15 Mar 2023

No, Oprah Winfrey and Dolly Parton do not endorse CBD Gummies. Neither does David Suzuki. That may come as a surprise to customers who purchased the gummies thinking that they must deliver the...

Science for a Sushi Restaurant

10 Mar 2023

Do you ever wonder how you know when to stop eating? It’s more than just the uncomfortable pinch of your waistband digging into your skin. Somehow your brain knows when you’re full.

A Different Twist on the “Dose Makes the Poison”

8 Mar 2023

Mithridates VI ruled the ancient Asian kingdom of Pontus in the first century. The king was terrified of being poisoned—not an unreasonable worry, given that assassins at the time were adept at...

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