A Natural Scientist

I once went to the allergist because I'd had a very bad reaction to something I ate.  I wrote down everything I'd eaten for the last...

I reserved our public library's copy of this book because the author is a friend of a friend, who told me I might like it.  Here's t...

I bet you don't know how the CDC 'calculates' influenza vaccine effectiveness.* I also bet once you do, you'll be horrified....

You know what makes me steam at the ears?  The phrase "a cure for cancer". There is not *A* cure for cancer, because there is no...

Ever eat that round cereal with a hole in the middle? Made of oats? They've started trumpeting a 1998 study entitled "Cholesterol...

Our favorite newspaper is at it again . Williams syndrome rises from a genetic accident during meiosis, when DNA’s double helix is divided...

Does every mutation have to be beneficial to succeed? Imagine a change that increases incidence of red hair. Sound familiar ? In Africa, hi...

" The Age of Darwin " (paid subscription, but not worth reading, trust me) tells us: The logic of evolution explains why people vi...

Also behold: A salt lamp that “possess[es] the unique capability of generating negative ions in the air thus working as [an] ionizer. Thes...

Behold: A dog blanket that, and I quote, has “Anion, Aloe, Anti-bacteria and Magnet complex functions” and “emit[s] Far Infrared Rays”. I u...

L 26:4 I will provide you with rain at the right time, so that the land will bear its crops and the trees of the field will provide fruit. C...