鈥淚t builds muscle!鈥� That鈥檚 the usual answer I get when I ask in class about the importance of protein in the diet. Sort of correct since muscles are indeed composed mostly of protein, but the...
The light at the end of the pandemic tunnel was marred by a worrying shadow. As the COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, headlines fuelled anxiety: some people were developing life-threatening blood...
There鈥檚 a medical myth with which a friend of mine and I have become obsessed: this idea that scientific research into the 鈥減lacebo effect鈥� began in earnest during World War II. As I鈥檝e written...
How can we distinguish between a sufficiently objective science communicator and an advocate? Communicating science to the public means choosing scientific papers, reading them, and appraising...
RSS