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How the Yew Tree Can Deliver Life 鈥 or Death

21 Nov 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.聽...

The Tongue Map Trap

21 Nov 2025

Let me set the scene: it鈥檚 the evening, I鈥檓 doomscrolling in bed (as is tradition), and a video from Emma Chamberlain pops up. She's slurping espresso with a 鈥渃offee expert鈥 who confidently...

The ancient Greek poet Homer characterized it as 鈥渓iquid gold.鈥 We are talking about olive oil.

12 Nov 2025

Homer was the supposed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two classics of Greek literature. 鈥淪upposed鈥 because there is no real historical record of when he lived, or indeed, if he ever did live....

There Are No Cows in Louis Pasteur's Crypt

7 Nov 2025

Ask the question: 鈥淲ho introduced the pasteurization of milk?鈥 and I can pretty well guarantee that the answer will be: 鈥淟ouis Pasteur.鈥 I know because I have carried out that little experiment...

A Century in the Making: The DNA Discovery Story

31 Oct 2025

When most people hear about the discovery of DNA, they picture James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953, triumphantly holding up a model of the double helix. But DNA鈥檚 story doesn鈥檛 begin, or end,...

Double, Double Toil and Trouble

29 Oct 2025

Oh, human nature! When something goes wrong, we try to rationalize why the calamity has occurred. We try to find the cause of our illness or misfortune. Today, many people point accusing fingers at...

Seeds of Hope Require Roots of Integrity: Remembering Jane Goodall

24 Oct 2025

On Wednesday October 1st, 2025, Dr. Jane Goodall passed away while on a speaking tour in the United States. As an esteemed scientist whose life mission was to advocate for wildlife, promote...

Beauty, Blackmail and 鈥楾ruth in Advertising鈥

17 Oct 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.聽...

The Bystander Effect Started from a Lie

2 Oct 2025

You have just been attacked. How likely is it that someone will come to your help?...

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