myths

If you are reading this, chances are that you repeated an anti-vaccine myth or said you weren't vaccinating your children, ...

[W]hen the Olympics are being broadcast, I transform into an armchair commentator, catching a full-blown case of what I like ...

Due to popular demand (well, two polite requests, actually), I have decided to create a clean version of my post ...

Today there are countless modern versions of the Fountain of Youth. Dietary supplements and other treatments are claimed to reverse ...

Many of the claims go well beyond or even directly against the scientific evidence about what scientists call “T.” Myth ...

Why does the GMO debate have a bit of Groundhog Day aspect to it? The way the issues are framed ...

Every once in a while, untruths spread through the genetic genealogy world that have the potential to do great damage: damage ...

The number of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyper­activity disorder (ADHD) has reached more than 10 percent, a significant increase during the past 20 ...

Here are some modern myths about cancer. There have been worries about mobile phones causing cancer since the days of ...

In the neverending debate about genetically modified foods, which myths do you believe? ...