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The Real Story Behind "21 Grams"

19 Jun 2019

The April 1907 issue of American Medicine featured a paper by Dr. Duncan Macdougall describing his experiment whereby the beds of dying patients were placed on a sensitive balance.聽Believe it or...

They Say It鈥檚 Genetic But My Parents Don鈥檛 Have It

13 Jun 2019

When we鈥檙e told a condition we have is 鈥済enetic鈥, it鈥檚 tempting to think it means our parents had it, and their parents before them, all the way up to some mysterious Eve-bites-the-apple event. But...

The Power of Suggestion Can Play a Role in Aromatherapy

31 May 2019

Shira Cohen is studying Nutrition at the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition at 黑料不打烊 University, specializing聽in聽Global Nutrition.聽

The Connection Between Frosted Lightbulbs & Bad Pick-Up Lines

21 May 2019

Way back in 1771, Swedish chemist Karl Wilhelm Scheele was investigating the properties of a mineral known as fluorspar (calcium fluoride). He mixed the pulverized rock with sulfuric acid and...

Your Pet Cat May Be a Bit More Dangerous Than You Think

17 May 2019

Cat scratch disease (CSD) is an infection resulting from a scratch or bite of a cat (or, in rarer cases, dogs or other animals). It is not the same thing as Cat Scratch Fever, an album by Ted...

The Bald Truth About Hair-Loss Treatments

15 May 2019

This article was first published in聽The Montreal Gazette. There鈥檚 an old riddle that goes, 鈥淲hat does no one want, but no one wants to lose?鈥 Answer: a bald head.

Censoring Science Communication by Screaming Defamation

10 May 2019

Ryan Armstrong, Executive Director of the non-profit聽Bad Science Watch,聽tells me he never published his first article critical of pseudoscience for fear of a lawsuit. 鈥淢y work also went a bit...

Under the Microscope: Leopard Gecko Skin

20 Mar 2019

Leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) are a popular pet in many countries. They鈥檙e fairly easy to take care of, small, rarely bite, (and when they do it鈥檚 pretty painless) and can live up to 25...

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