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Fighting the Urge to Eat Bar Soap

14 Apr 2023

There’s something very pleasant about perusing the artisanal soap selection at a home goods store or farmer’s market. With additives like honey and oatmeal, they appeal to the palate as well as to...

Awash in Carcinogens

12 Apr 2023

Sir Percival Pott took an interest in the scrota of men. Particularly chimney sweeps. Pott was an eminent surgeon who in 1775 published a seminal paper that for the first time identified an...

Andrew Huberman Has Supplements on the Brain

7 Apr 2023

Combining the calm delivery and pared-down wardrobe of a Sam Harris with the more imposing physique of a Joe Rogan, Andrew Huberman wants to give you science-based tips on how to optimize your...

This One Is For The Birds

17 Mar 2023

Pet birds are very popular and loads of people have bird feeders in their back yards. That makes for birdseed being a huge business! Most people of course don’t give much thought to what it...

Dancing With Gummy Bears

15 Mar 2023

No, Oprah Winfrey and Dolly Parton do not endorse CBD Gummies. Neither does David Suzuki. That may come as a surprise to customers who purchased the gummies thinking that they must deliver the...

Science for a Sushi Restaurant

10 Mar 2023

Do you ever wonder how you know when to stop eating? It’s more than just the uncomfortable pinch of your waistband digging into your skin. Somehow your brain knows when you’re full.

A Different Twist on the “Dose Makes the Poison”

8 Mar 2023

Mithridates VI ruled the ancient Asian kingdom of Pontus in the first century. The king was terrified of being poisoned—not an unreasonable worry, given that assassins at the time were adept at...

Yet Another Worry — This Time It Is Erythritol

3 Mar 2023

You can find it in grocery stores, you can buy it online, and you may already be consuming it in “keto friendly” ice cream, or in some non-caloric stevia and monk fruit sweeteners where it is used...

They are abbreviated as PFAS-are they destined to abbreviate our lives?

1 Mar 2023

“Not everything that can be counted, counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” That quote is commonly attributed to Einstein although there is no evidence he ever said it. Even if he...

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