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The Bystander Effect Started from a Lie

2 Oct 2025

You have just been attacked. How likely is it that someone will come to your help?...

“Electric Feel”: A Guide to How Touchscreens Work

26 Sep 2025

I love the beach. What I don’t love is when I try to use my phone after taking a dip. One droplet of water hits my phone and somehow opens an app I didn’t know I had. Unfortunately for me, this is...

The History of Acetaminophen

24 Sep 2025

President Trump’s unhinged, ill-informed and potentially dangerous attack on Tylenol has focussed attention on its active ingredient, acetaminophen. Many others have, and will dissect his harangue ...

Hungary’s House of Houdini Reveals Another Astonishing Magician

19 Sep 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.  “Did you know about the House of Houdini here?”

Mozart, Mice and Microbes

10 Sep 2025

I must admit that my interest in Mozart has mostly focused on the various theories of his demise in the prime of his youth. The composer had always been sickly, and it is well known that he had...

Einstein’s Brain

21 Aug 2025

Vladimir Lenin lies in a mausoleum in Red Square in Moscow in a preserved state. But he has no brain. That’s because the Soviet government had it removed after he died in 1924. They wanted to have...

Lise Meitner: The Forgotten Mother of Nuclear Fission

8 Aug 2025

Science is the story of discoveries but sometimes credit isn’t given when it is due. How many women discoverers can you name? Discoveries such as DNA’s double helix structure and the greenhouse...

The Prince of Quackery

16 Jul 2025

The luxurious bulletproof limo was 22 feet long, weighed four tons, had soft, green leather upholstery and interior fittings of silver and ivory. Sounds like “The Beast” used to transport the U.S....

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