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Vitamin D's Inverse J-Shaped Curve Of Mortality

Vitamin D's Inverse J-Shaped Curve Of Mortality

Mar 12 2015 | comment(s)


In 2015, it doesn't need to be said for anyone over the age of 40, but for young people still newer to Miracle Vegetable and Scare Journalism claims that get pumped out in diet books, mainstream media articles and television medicine on a regular basis, here it goes: don't latch onto supplement fads.
The Price Of Hype: The Public Now Has Unrealistic Timelines For Science

The Price Of Hype: The Public Now Has Unrealistic Timelines For Science

Mar 11 2015 | comment(s)

Science 2.0 And Intel Are Going To #TailgateTheScienceFair

Science 2.0 And Intel Are Going To #TailgateTheScienceFair

Mar 10 2015 | comment(s)

One of the big topics in the science world is always how to make Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) more exciting.

It may not always seem like it because, let's face it, we love STEM and it's baffling that people would want to do anything else, but not everyone graduates from high school wanting to pursue it, even though they might have when they were younger.
Mitochondria - The Chemists' Organelle

Mitochondria - The Chemists' Organelle

Mar 06 2015 | comment(s)

I am writing a book on mitochondria and after a few months of research you begin to see a common thread - serendipity.  Sometimes big things happen because of what seems to be luck, a group of people all happen to be in one place at one time, they are all spurred on by each other and then dramatic things occur. 
Weekend Science: 1840s Shipwreck Leads To Important Beer Science Discovery

Weekend Science: 1840s Shipwreck Leads To Important Beer Science Discovery

Mar 04 2015 | comment(s)

The Paleo diet is all made up, organic food just accepts one kind of genetic modification in its modern food over another, but booze? Yeah, scientists can really show how that was different in the past.
Celiac Disease Is Real - Gluten Sensitivity, Not So Much

Celiac Disease Is Real - Gluten Sensitivity, Not So Much

Mar 04 2015 | comment(s)

It's no surprise that the authors of a study, whose work is spun by people selling diet fads into being conclusive proof that a diet fad is science, disagree with what some media outlets are doing with their work - and that their disagreement gets far less attention than the reports being used to claim Miracle Science.