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I’ve Been Wearing Sunscreen Wrong

7 Mar 2025

This article was first published in The Skeptical Inquirer.

How We Know that Vaccines Are Safe

21 Feb 2025

“Senator, I support vaccines. I support the childhood schedule. The only thing I want is good science, and that’s it.” These words were spoken by Robert F.

Are Sex and Pickleball Keys to Longevity?

14 Feb 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette....

Mitochondrial Dysfunction Is a Bit of a Fad

14 Feb 2025

There is a shell game at the heart of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s Make America Healthy Again campaign, and it has to do with the mitochondrion.

An Ode to Chocolate

12 Feb 2025

I have always liked chocolate. I grew up on it. Every morning my mother blended a heaping spoonful of cocoa powder with a little milk, some sugar and a touch of salt (to decrease the bitterness)....

The Square One Fallacy

7 Feb 2025

I recently had the chance to speak to an anti-vaxxer in person. Of course, he did not identify as such: they never do. He didn’t want to be pinned down and was just asking questions about vaccine...

The Medicinal Garden Kit Will Probably Not Save You

7 Feb 2025

The ad is quite confrontational. “The Plants That Will Disappear First in a Crisis.” Given the disaster that is unfolding in the United States right now, it caught my attention. In a crisis, the ad...

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