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Cortisol Face: Science or Social Media Fiction?

2 Oct 2026

Scroll through social media for five minutes and you'll be told your round face isn't a face shape, it's a hormone problem. But is “cortisol face” real, or is it just a very good sales pitch?...

Sweet, Salty, and Strange: A Deep Dive into Pregnancy Cravings

25 Sep 2026

Rapunzel is a fairytale that owes its origins to pregnancy cravings. Pregnant with her first child, the story begins with Rapunzel’s mother experiencing an all-consuming craving for the herb...

Ivermectin for Cancer Is Putting the Cart Before the Horse Paste

25 Sep 2026

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the name of a drug most people had never heard of before was suddenly on everyone’s lips. An off-patent antiparasitic blessed by the World Health...

Biohackers are Reaching for Wolverine Peptides

24 Sep 2026

I must admit that I have never seen a “Wolverine” movie even though Hugh Jackman is one of my favourite performers. He was fantastic in the Broadway revival of The Music Man, excellent in The...

The “Don’t Trust Your Doctor” Facebook Videos That Lie to You

11 Sep 2026

You’re scrolling through your Facebook feed when you encounter a link to a video that promises to reveal the true cause of something that’s been ailing you for years. You’ve been to the doctor but...

Barbie Peptide Merits a Close Look

11 Sep 2026

“Barbie Peptide.” Why “Barbie” and why “peptide?” Barbie, the iconic little polyvinyl chloride (PVC) doll with the bronzed skin, svelte waistline and sexy figure first appeared in toy stores in...

The Organ That “Proved” That Everything Is Connected

4 Sep 2026

Science is elastic. Its findings can be stretched to sell useless gadgets and to sow mistrust. Often, this distortion of the truth is done outside of academia by merchants of doubt, spiritual...

Is Sitting the New Smoking?

3 Sep 2026

Have you ever spent hours at your desk, studying, working, or scrolling on your phone, only to realize you barely moved all day? We often assume that sitting is harmless, especially compared to...

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