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Handling Receipts at the Supermarket

18 Jun 2026

I was startled by the comment from the shopper just behind me at the checkout counter in the supermarket. 聽鈥淵ou really shouldn鈥檛 be doing that!鈥 Noting the quizzical look on my face, a further...

Blue Light Vs. Red Light

11 Jun 2026

There is an epic fight unfolding between the light side and the dark side of, no, not the Force, but the light spectrum itself. You will have seen the countless gadgets claiming to heal you with...

Let鈥檚 Rap About Rapamycin

11 Jun 2026

Easter Island in the Pacific off the coast of Chile is famous for the giant stone statues that were erected by natives some 500-700 years ago. The thinking is that the statues were designed to...

Aspartame: Not the Devil Incarnate but Not A Godsend Either

28 May 2026

Long before 鈥渨ellness influencers鈥 honed the art of spreading misinformation on the internet, the public was at the mercy of being befuddled by hoaxes through chain emails. Way back in the 1990s, I...

Exaggerated Fears Over Cancer Biopsies Can Worsen Cancer

28 May 2026

Fear of the needle is not reserved to the vaccine hesitant; it extends to biopsies as well. In corners of social media where misinformation accumulates, influencers with an axe to grind against...

Our Bodies Are Full of Dark Proteins. Can We Use Them Against Disease?

21 May 2026

These proteins were not supposed to exist. Yet, there they were. As we started to learn more about them, researchers wondered if we hadn鈥檛 stumbled upon new targets for treating diseases like...

The Science Behind the Quest for a Non-Peptide Oral Weight Loss Drug

21 May 2026

Not only does it have a tongue-twisting name, 鈥渙rforglipron鈥 has a complex molecular structure that made its synthesis very challenging. A massive effort by chemists at the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical...

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