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The Curious History of Coca-Cola’s “Fanta” Beverage

8 Apr 2026

Coca Cola, the beverage that sports the most recognized trademark in the world, has a fascinating  and sometimes quirky history. It all started with a battlefield wound suffered in 1865 by...

Lessons in Going Slow: Vaccination Schedules, Tuberculosis, and What Happens When Faster Isn’t Always Better

3 Apr 2026

Earlier this year, the United States dramatically scaled back its universal childhood immunisation schedule recommendations. Under an overhaul spearheaded by US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...

You Can’t Beat Beets!

2 Apr 2026

It doesn’t matter how good a video or an article is if you can’t get people to watch or read it. That’s why a lot of thought goes into coming up with a catchy title that grabs attention. In this...

Navigating Life Gingerly: Do Red-Haired Individuals Experience Pain Differently?

27 Mar 2026

Red hair is the rarest natural hair color, expressed in only 1-2 percent of the world’s population. Of course, that number does not include salon-goers who seek to mask their original hair color.

TZLA Plasma Healing: The Anarcho-Capitalist Cure-All

26 Mar 2026

“My age lowered by 25 years. And I’m still going, by the way. It’s incredible.”

Is Your Sauna Session Sabotaging Your Swimmers?

20 Mar 2026

Over the past few months, a not insignificant number of my male friends have asked me (unprompted) whether going to the sauna is ruining their sperm. Bold questions. Intimate questions. But fair...

HIV/AIDS Denialism Is Back, Courtesy of Joe Rogan

19 Mar 2026

Joe Rogan, the most influential podcaster globally, is an HIV-AIDS denialist. Imagine the backlash if the six o’clock news were espousing this decades-old, harmful pseudoscience front and centre.

BPC-157 – No Proof Required!

13 Mar 2026

The actions of the stomach are an important first step in the digestion of the food that we eat. This occurs in part through mechanical grinding of large ‘clumps’ of food into smaller pieces for...

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