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Artificial Intelligence Sneaks Into Scientific Publications

6 Nov 2025

Roughly three and a half million scientific papers are published globally every year in an estimated 47,000 academic journals. That鈥檚 an astonishing six papers every minute! Some are very good,...

AGZ Is More Shaky Science from the Makers of AG1

20 Oct 2025

鈥淛ust when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!鈥 This famous line from Michael Corleone is apt here: our Office and others have been over the AG1 story, denouncing聽its flimsy scientific...

Everyone Else Is Lying to You: A Damning Archive of Science Denial

16 Oct 2025

鈥淔uture generations will know that at least some of us tried to resist the intrusion of quackery into medicine, and they鈥檒l gain some semblance of insight into a confounding reality.鈥

Claims About Blue Spirulina Raise a Red Flag

16 Oct 2025

In the science communication business, we call them 鈥渨easel words.鈥 Why? Because weasels have a reputation for being sneaky and tricky. We are talking about words like 鈥渕ay,鈥 鈥渟uggest,鈥 鈥減ossible鈥...

Apple Cider Vinegar鈥gain

8 Oct 2025

Apple cider vinegar has been on my radar since the 1970s when I was first asked about its purported miraculous properties on my radio show. The queries were triggered by the publication of a...

Fill Your Stomach and Lose Weight? Not so fast.

1 Oct 2025

There have been many weapons used over the years in the 鈥渂attle of the bulge.鈥 There have been diets galore, medications to curb the appetite, and attempts to reduce hunger by filling the stomach...

The History of Acetaminophen

24 Sep 2025

President Trump鈥檚 unhinged, ill-informed and potentially dangerous attack on Tylenol has focussed attention on its active ingredient, acetaminophen. Many others have, and will dissect his harangue ...

PragerU Targets Kids and Parents with Shockingly Bad Science

11 Sep 2025

If we鈥檙e trying to understand our era, we need to recognize the following: mainstream institutions and their various consensuses are being replaced by fringe alternatives. In the United States...

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