Walking in the Uncanny Valley
OnBison disappeared from Central Europe over 200 years ago. Now they are once again crossing the Southern Carpathian Mountains thanks...
Leading scientist in the field of nutrition
Dr. Paul Clayton
The wrong week to quit antioxidants
OnScience does not exist in a vacuum. Like every other human activity it is socially, culturally and therefore financially embedded....
Let me Count the Ways
OnWe are all products of our environment. Being mildly Jewish, raised in a Presbyterian culture and the eldest of 4...
The Sandpile of Health
OnIn previous posts I have attempted to develop the idea of a perpetual slight instability (or ‘relaxed static stability’) at...
That Touch of Minke
OnI have long held that oily fish and fish oil are two very different things (1-4). This morning, ten years...
Crossing the Food Desert
OnIt is possible to find good food in North America but it’s expensive, thin on the ground and crusted around...
Winter Break for Research
OnDear readers, I am writing to inform you of a forthcoming pause in my regular posts. Over the next few...
The New Vulnerability
OnW.H.O. Panjandrum Ted Ghebreyesus recently declared Monkeypox to be a public health emergency of international concern. The 2022 outbreak was...