Mention 鈥淪ilent Spring鈥� and thoughts immediately turn to Rachel Carson鈥檚 epic in which she alerted readers to the risks of pesticides. But long before, way back in the 1940s, Australian sheep...
There are two myths that are a constant irritation in the fight against pseudoscience. One is the equating of the term 鈥渃hemical鈥� with 鈥渢oxin,鈥� the other is the suggestion that 鈥渘atural鈥� substances...
Unless you鈥檙e familiar with Moroccan traditions, or are in the habit of frequenting trendy hair salons, chances are that argan oil has escaped your attention. Argan is a tree that grows in only one...
A team of German microbiologists has tackled the issue of bacteria on kitchen sponges by testing 14 sponges for their presence and identifying them by extracting and sequencing segments of their...
We would like to have our cake and eat it too. In a sense, that is just what nonnutritive sweeteners such as aspartame, sucralose and stevia promise. Cut out sugar, a dietary villain, and replace...
