/oss/taxonomy/term/2766/all en /oss/article/medical-critical-thinking/feeling-blue-about-evidence-blue-blocking-glasses <p>In 2016, numerous headlines fed the flames of blue light panic. A <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/06/17/selfies-can-age-the-skin-and-cause-wrinkles-warn-dermatologists/"><i>Telegraph </i>article by the publication’s science editor</a> claimed that taking selfies is aging our skin and that doctors can even tell which hand a person holds their phone when taking a portrait of themselves by noticing which side of their face is the most damaged.</p> <p>The reason for this premature aging? The blue light from our phone and that burst of illumination from the flash.</p> Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9615 at /oss /oss/article/health-general-science/chicken-wearing-shoes <div>Imagine being an elderly woman, sipping her tea in an empty house, and suddenly seeing a girl entering through a closed door and vanishing. The apparition is crisp and well defined. Would you, as the woman did, wonder if your house was haunted?</div> <div> </div> <div>If you are as scientifically minded as I am, you may reject such a supernatural explanation and gravitate toward one of the many medical causes of visual hallucinations. Maybe the woman was psychiatrically ill. Maybe she was having a seizure. Maybe her tea contained the remnants of her wild days at Woodstock.</div> Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:17:50 +0000 Jonathan Jarry, MSc 2620 at /oss