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Searching for the Fountain of Youth

Lecture given by Dr. Joe Schwarcz

AGZ Is More Shaky Science from the Makers of AG1

20 Oct 2025

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” This famous line from Michael Corleone is apt here: our Office and others have been over the AG1 story, denouncing its flimsy scientific...

Faster, Higher, Stronger… Enhanced?

17 Oct 2025

For most people, track and field exists as a fleeting summer spectacle: ten days every four years when the fastest, strongest, and most gravity-defying humans wage war on a 400-metre oval. For me,...

Claims About Blue Spirulina Raise a Red Flag

16 Oct 2025

In the science communication business, we call them “weasel words.” Why? Because weasels have a reputation for being sneaky and tricky. We are talking about words like “may,” “suggest,” “possible”...

Apple Cider Vinegar…Again

8 Oct 2025

Apple cider vinegar has been on my radar since the 1970s when I was first asked about its purported miraculous properties on my radio show. The queries were triggered by the publication of a...

The Sour Side of Our Love of Sweets

3 Oct 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette. 

For the Love of Fibre

3 Oct 2025

Recently, while browsing the candy aisle (my natural habitat as a gummy connoisseur), I was confronted by a monstrosity: protein candy. Listen, I get it. This gummy abomination is merely a...

The What, Why and What to do about Hiccups

3 Oct 2025

We’re all familiar with the sensation- an uncontrollable jerk of our diaphragm and an involuntary noise, stifled or not, that gives the condition its name. Hiccups are ubiquitous amongst mammals of...

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