A while ago I came across videos by Dr. Michael Greger. I was impressed by his ability to produce these 3-4 minute features every day. The science was sound and the production values high. I...
I鈥檝e long been fascinated by space travel. I think I was first turned onto the idea back around 1957 with one of the first television shows I remember watching. 鈥淩ocky Jones, Space Ranger鈥� was a...
There鈥檚 a buzz in the air these days, a loud one. I鈥檓 sure you鈥檝e heard it but it could have easily been mistaken for a malfunctioning drone plane stuck in the trees. The sounds of summer are...
"It's as smooth as a baby's behind!" That's the ultimate compliment to the skin. Why is a baby's bottom so silky smooth anyway? Because it hasn't been exposed to the sun, that's why! As we age, our...
O sleep! O gentle sleep! /聽Nature鈥檚 soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, /聽That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down /聽And steep my senses in forgetfulness?
There is a lot of nonsense that goes around about microwaves. I鈥檓 sure you heard many of them. They destroy nutrients in food. They cause cancer if you stand next to a microwave oven. Microwaved...
Why do snakes make venom? Essentially to bring down prey for food, but snakes will also bite to defend themselves. Chemically, the poisons are very complex and are generally composed of numerous...
This post needs a bit of a background. A few weeks ago we noted that the Dean of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto was organizing a trial on using homeopathic preparations for the treatment of...
I often ask myself questions. 鈥淚s that a fact?鈥� is perhaps the one that crops up most frequently. That鈥檚 because no day goes by without someone soliciting my opinion about an item they have come...
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