Every year, I鈥檓 an invited lecturer at the University of Ottawa to talk to future science communicators about pseudoscience. I use a number of increasingly muddied examples to show these students...
鈥淭his year鈥檚 [Nobel] Prize in Chemistry deals with not overcomplicating matters鈥� says Johan 脜qvist, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. It has a simple and catchy name: Click Chemistry....
A few different bodily processes in humans follow a stable, roughly 24-hour cycle. For example, the cortisol and melatonin levels in our blood. Physical parameters like your blood pressure and...
The 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry is shared by Drs. Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and Barry Sharpless. Dr. Bertozzi鈥檚 pioneering innovation was built upon a path paved by Dr. Sharpless....
Shots, jabs, pricks鈥攚hatever you call it, having a needle inserted into your body is not most people鈥檚 idea of a fun afternoon activity. Even if you don鈥檛 have a specific needle phobia, injection...
In Netflix鈥檚 Stranger Things, Eleven develops a nosebleed whenever she harnesses her telekinetic powers. From crumpling a coke can to committing murder 鈥� the more exertion her psychokinesis...
Contrary to popular belief, aspirin does not occur in nature, it is not found in the willow tree. But there is a connection. Aspirin, or acetyl salicylic acid, was first produced commercially by...
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