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What is Rooibos tea?

20 Mar 2017

I had a feeling that doing a PubMed search for Dr. Annique Theron would not yield much.聽聽In fact it yielded zero results.聽聽I can鈥檛 even find a biography of Dr.

The Japanese Scientist and His Crappy Meat

20 Mar 2017

It sounds believable. After all the Japanese do eat some strange things. They eat 鈥渇ugu,鈥 prepared from puffer fish which if not properly eviscerated contains enough tetrodotoxin to kill the diner....

Letting the Fizz Out of the Fizz Keeper

20 Mar 2017

A little pump called the 鈥淔izz Keeper鈥 is available in kitchen supply stores to pressurize previously opened soft drink bottles and prevent loss of carbonation. The idea appears to make sense, but...

Oil your Problems Away!

20 Mar 2017

Oh my! Yet another sure-fire detox! This time it's "oil pulling." I'm not pulling your leg with this one. The claim is that you swish oil, usually sunflower, sesame or coconut, around your mouth...

Oz鈥檚 Glow Dims

20 Mar 2017

Dr. Mehmet Oz was asked to testify in front of a U.S. Senate Transport, Commerce and Science subcommitte on fraudulent weight loss products. It is a subject he knows a fair bit about. After all he...

Green coffee beans give science a black eye

20 Mar 2017

Dr. Oz聽聽didn鈥檛 mince his words when he described the wondrous effects of green coffee bean extract. 鈥淢agical,鈥 鈥渟taggering,鈥 an 鈥渦nprecedented discovery!鈥 鈥淔inally, a cure for obesity鈥 he...

There are No Fish Genes in Tomatoes

20 Mar 2017

During a public lecture on genetic modification I described an experiment that involved enriching soybeans with the amino acid methionine. Soybeans are widely used to raise animals but are low in...

Jenny McCarthy鈥檚 Charisma Masks Her Kookiness

20 Mar 2017

About one thing there is no doubt. Jenny McCarthy is a very pretty lady. After all she rose to fame as a Playboy Playmate. She has also had a fling with modelling, TV and movies. And she is...

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