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An Ode to Chocolate

12 Feb 2025

I have always liked chocolate. I grew up on it. Every morning my mother blended a heaping spoonful of cocoa powder with a little milk, some sugar and a touch of salt (to decrease the bitterness)....

Acrylic Fingernails Harbour Interesting Chemistry

20 Nov 2024

I was queried via email “if there are chemicals in acrylic fingernails.” I imagine the question was really about the safety of the ingredients because for many the term chemical has become...

Dr. Watson's article in 'Open Biology'

20 Mar 2017

When Dr. Jim Watson speaks, people listen. But they don't always hear the right things. Many press accounts reported that Watson had said that antioxidants cause cancer. He didn't say that. He...

Down with Antioxidants!

20 Mar 2017

Down with flavones, flavanols and flavanones; the hydroxycinnamates, hydroxybenzoates and all carotenoids! No, I do not mean that these and all the other antioxidants should be banned from our food...

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