My 鈥渂read and butter鈥� is demystifying science. Often that takes me down a slippery slope, slaloming between gates of 鈥渋fs,鈥� 鈥渂uts鈥� and 鈥渕aybes,鈥� never quite getting to that definitive finish line....
An attractive amethyst geode sits on my desk. Geodes are rocks with an internal cavity that is filled with crystals of a mineral. In the case of amethyst that mineral is quartz, tainted with iron...
Women have played a larger role in the history of science than is generally recognized. Although Marie Curie鈥檚 discovery of radium, Lise Meitner鈥檚 work on nuclear fission, Dorothy Hodgkin鈥檚...
"Avoid!" One of the most common bits of advice heard these days. Avoid tap water. Avoid bottled water. Avoid butter. Avoid margarine. Avoid the sun. Avoid sweeteners. Avoid genetically modified...
Not a day goes by without a video being forwarded to me accompanied by the question, 鈥淚s this true?鈥� Invariably the answer is 鈥渦m..no..there is no evidence,鈥� and that usually ends the discussion....
Perhaps the oldest formula for trying to beat the aging process can be found in an Egyptian papyrus dating back to circa 1500 B.C. The 鈥淓dwin Smith Papyrus鈥� features a 鈥淩ecipe for Transforming an...
