Sugar | Image modified from NEUROtiker, CC0 (Public Domain) The Vermont GMO-labeling bill came into effect at the end of last week, and right around the same time the US Senate passed a GMO labeling […]
*for healthy adults. | Photo: Ryan Snyder, CC BY 2.0 *** Motherboard announced rather triumphantly that “Probiotics are useless, GMOs are fine, and gluten is necessary” last week, but as usual, claims like that require […]
Photo: Mike Jennings, CC BY 2.0 Today’s post is about a new study on copper, and about the results of trying to look into how much is too much on wikipedia. Read on! *** Copper: […]
Maybe don’t sleep with it? | Photo: Alex Garcia, CC BY 2.0 *** The media last week were in a kerfuffle over at new study that claims a dose-mediated response of cellphone radiation to cancer. […]
Well, that’s *a* food pyramid… triangle… thing | Photo: bigbrand, CC BY 2.0 There’s a kerfuffle in the UK about a recent “report” on diet recommendations. Here’s what that’s all about. *** The UK’s National […]
Photo: Ecig Click, CC BY 2.0 In response to the wonderful segment done by John Oliver on Last Week Tonight about the atrocious state of science reporting in the news, Phil Plait recently posted his […]
Gwyneth’s at it again, folks. But she’s not telling you to steam your vagina this time (which, by the way, don’t), she’s just giving you all sorts of “great” sex advice. I read it so you […]
Don’t treat sad cats with woo | Photo: Richard Ford Burley, CC BY-SA 2.0 This is a slightly different Monday post, part warning to pet owners, and part signal boost to an amazing organization I […]
False-colour image of Mercury made by MESSENGER | Photo: NASA Goddard Flight Center, CC BY 2.0 Mercury’s going retrograde today, folks! Here’s what it means and why it doesn’t make a lick of difference. *** […]
Dust it off, we’re going for a ride | Photo: Daniel X. O’Neil, CC BY 2.0 The internet is breathless in its excitement over the possibility of being lazier, but they’re going to be a […]