Pick Your Poison
OnAvocados are toast The Manchineel tree is extremely dangerous. You cannot stand near it for long, and you certainly cannot...
Leading scientist in the field of nutrition
Dr. Paul Clayton
Double-Blind
OnMacular degeneration in a Quertyuiop World Do you ever stop to wonder how things got so screwed up? We call...
Kenosha Kids
OnOne of my many character flaws is a fondness for emotional and allegorical painting. I am nostalgically keen on 19thcentury...
Unsafe at Any Speed
OnOne of the many problems built into today’s fast foods is that they are too fast. They are manufactured on...
The Last Post
OnAntibiotics are dead. Long live Postbiotics! After investing a lot of money in research and far larger amounts in marketing,...
Mental Exercise
OnThe Romans gave us the aqueduct, sanitation, the roads, irrigation, medicine, education, wine, public order and baths (1). But apart...
Kelp Wanted
OnThe sea is a cruel mistress, especially if you are a species of seaweed. Marine algae face many threats. These...
Stop the Rot
OnDoctors sicken and die, just like everybody else. But they do it a little differently; about 4% die by their...
New wine, old bottles
OnPrevious piece on population decline (‘Crowd Control’) touched on the subject of neo-vampirism. Two hours after it posted, a group...
Crowd Control
OnAfter half a century of being hectored about the dangers of over-population (1), the latest demographic research indicates that we...