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The Hallmarks of Pseudoscience

30 Apr 2026

I鈥檝e been investigating pseudoscientific claims for 13 years now. The word 鈥減seudoscience鈥 means 鈥渇ake science,鈥 something that superficially looks like science鈥攁nd is often sold as such鈥攂ut that...

Just How Much Should You Worry About Eating That Burnt Toast?

24 Apr 2026

I was tempted to say, 鈥渨hy don鈥檛 you buy the book,鈥 but that sounded a bit too self-serving. So, let me dig into the science which centers around a small molecule called acrylamide. The...

Colorectal Cancer in Younger Adults: What鈥檚 Behind the Uptick?

16 Apr 2026

It was a shock to learn that actor Chadwick Boseman had died. The rising star who played Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was 43 when colorectal cancer took his life in August 2020....

You Can鈥檛 Beat Beets!

2 Apr 2026

It doesn鈥檛 matter how good a video or an article is if you can鈥檛 get people to watch or read it. That鈥檚 why a lot of thought goes into coming up with a catchy title that grabs attention. In this...

A Simple Calculation to Determine the Quality of Your Diet

26 Mar 2026

For about 300,000 years homo sapiens has been eating just about everything that seemed edible. Plants, grains, fruits as well as parts of any creature that walks, flies, swims or crawls has...

HIV/AIDS Denialism Is Back, Courtesy of Joe Rogan

19 Mar 2026

Joe Rogan, the most influential podcaster globally, is an HIV-AIDS denialist. Imagine the backlash if the six o鈥檆lock news were espousing this decades-old, harmful pseudoscience front and centre.

You Are What You Eat

19 Mar 2026

鈥淵ou are what you eat鈥 is a widely quoted aphorism, expressing the general truth that nutrition and health are intimately linked. It is generally said to derive from the phrase 鈥渢ell me what you...

The Frivolous Costco Chicken Lawsuit

4 Feb 2026

Talk about a frivolous lawsuit! These two ladies claim that they have been misled by the information on the label of Costco鈥檚 famous rotisserie chicken that states 鈥渘o preservatives.鈥 Why? Because...

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