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Searching for the Elusive Fountain of Youth

12 Dec 2025

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

Best Before but Not Bad After

12 Dec 2025

From grocery stores to our medicine cabinets, dates stamped on products carry a subtle authority. These "best before" or "expiration" dates guide our consumption, influence our purchasing decisions...

Are Levitating Trains a Health Hazard?

12 Dec 2025

For anyone who flies into Shanghai Pudong International Airport, it鈥檚 a rite-of-passage to take the Maglev -- short for magnetic levitation -- train into the city. The railway is as much a tourist...

Deceitful AI Videos Mislead Seniors on Important Health Issues

11 Dec 2025

I had never received an email in Vietnamese before. My request for an interview had been written in English, and the channel I had reached out to made English-language videos, but the reply I...

Antsy About Getting Old? How about Some Ant-Yogurt?

10 Dec 2025

I do get some interesting questions. How about this one? 鈥淲hy in Central Europe did we as kids put a straw on an anthill, wait for the ants to crawl over it and then suck it for its sour taste? My...

The Bonk Stops Here

5 Dec 2025

Walk any marathon finish line and you鈥檒l see them: hundreds of sad, sticky rectangles decorating the asphalt like fallen soldiers of fructose. Energy gels, those gooey, neon-packet shots of 鈥渞ocket...

Salmon Sperm and Penis Facials

3 Dec 2025

Influencers really do influence. When Kim Kardashian, who is famous for being famous, revealed that she had tried a 鈥渟almon sperm facial,鈥 dermatologists and wellness clinics offering the procedure...

Milk History Does a Body Good

28 Nov 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.聽 The history of humans drinking cow鈥檚 milk is fascinating and not devoid of controversy.

The 'Nappuccino': Myth or Midday Miracle?

28 Nov 2025

If there鈥檚 one thing to know about me, it鈥檚 that I never quite outgrew the afternoon nap phase we all went through as kids. Among my friends, napping was (and still is) considered to be my 鈥渢hing."...

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