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Fill Your Stomach and Lose Weight? Not so fast.

1 Oct 2025

There have been many weapons used over the years in the “battle of the bulge.” There have been diets galore, medications to curb the appetite, and attempts to reduce hunger by filling the stomach...

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 ...

PragerU Targets Kids and Parents with Shockingly Bad Science

11 Sep 2025

If we’re trying to understand our era, we need to recognize the following: mainstream institutions and their various consensuses are being replaced by fringe alternatives. In the United States...

The Sweet Embellishments of the Glucose Goddess

5 Sep 2025

Move over, Food Babe. There’s a new food influencer in town and she is no mere “babe.” This one hangs out on Mount Olympus.

Scrambler Therapy: Rewiring Pain, or Just Static?

5 Sep 2025

Our bodies are wired to avoid pain—and yet, for millions, it’s a daily, unwelcome companion. One minute you’re climbing stairs, opening a jar, or just existing, and the next you're googling “is...

Med Beds: Not Today, Maybe Tomorrow?

7 Aug 2025

“Oh dear, I can just see, when I take the dogs out tonight, I’m gonna have all of these people standing around that only I can see because, you know, they’re very directional like that.”

Supermodel Heidi Klum Floats In Air and Blows Hot Air

6 Aug 2025

Let’s start with the floating illusion. I would hope that if anyone sees a person suspended in mid-air, they realize that the law of gravitation has not been suspended and that some mechanism...

Meet the New Rogan. Same as the Old Rogan.

31 Jul 2025

It looks as if masculinity itself has exploded into the room.

A Peashooter Will Not Bring Down a Charging Rhino

25 Jul 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette. “A gesture as effective as sending out a boy with a peashooter to bring down a rhinoceros.”

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