McGill University
‘They squint, they stammer, they shuffle and shamble, they flounder like seals out of water’: Demonized for being different, left-handers are DNA puzzles
Being left-handed can be devilishly hard. In 1937, an educational psychologist whose work was later discredited wrote of many left-handers ...
Stop hair greying with a pill? Repigmentation is not about to happen with this overhyped supplement
Why put up with grey hair when we could pop a new pill to “replenish [our] body with the vitamins, ...
‘Natural selection in real time’: Which species are most likely to adapt to climate change?
Climate change is exacerbating problems like habitat loss and temperatures swings that have already pushed many animal species to the ...
Anti-vaxxers don’t want safer vaccines, they want no vaccines
“I try to look and see where the evidence takes me.” Does this statement sound reasonable? If I told you ...
Why your morning cup of coffee sends you running to the bathroom
Coffee makes you poop. That's a fact, right? It must be, since you can buy t-shirts or mugs with that ...
Alkaline diet fraud: Dieters trying to alter their pH to lose weight are following a ‘completely nonsensical concept’
The premise of the "alkaline diet" is to alter the pH levels of your blood in order to facilitate weight ...
Video: Prof Joe Schwarcz on why bugs may be coming to our dinner plates
Pretty soon there will be 9 billion people coming to dinner. That population boom is going to require an increase ...
Golden Rice in India: Is it necessary? What are impediments to adoption?
The leading cause of life-altering disability in India is health risks linked to poor diets--which rice engineered to produce vitamin ...
