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Scientists have recently developed an mRNA-lipid nanoparticle flu vaccine that protects against all known flu variants. There are four typ...

DNA Is Not Destiny: The Remarkable Completely Misunderstood Relationship between You and Your Genes by Steven J. Heine W.W. Norton & C...

The Economist has surveyed cities from all over the world to find the ones that are the most livable (i.e. best places to live). Here's...

The US Food and Drug Administration has asked 23andMe to stop marketing their genetic test product. The company will test your DNA for the ...

Dr. Azor Betts (1740-1809) is a distant cousin of mine. His mother was Mary Beldon and I descend from another Mary Beldon who is a cousin of...

Have you ever heard anyone say that they don't need to get a vaccination because they never get the disease and, even if they do, it'...

This article, Shop locally, eat globally? , appeared in today's edition of our university bulletin. I thought it was worth posting a lin...

  Last summer, the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons published a draft proposal on Non-Allopathic (Non-Conventional) Therapies in ...

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has produced a draft policy on Non-Allopathic (Non-Conventional) Therapies in Medical Pra...

  Skepchick asked you to boycott movie theaters that were showing the anti-vaccine video promoted by Age of Autism [ Let’s all go to the m...

  I've got a confession to make. I've been posting about homeopathy this week but everything I've said has been negative. You kn...

  This gets better and better as the week goes on. PZ Myers has discovered a company that markets fragments of DNA to promote good health. Y...

  Are all homeopaths and their supporters complete idiots? Do they all think they're practicing some form of black magic? No, they usual...

  Here's what can happen if a homeopath treats his own daughter. He ends up in jail, she ends up dead.

Homeopathy Yes, I'm aware of the fact there's another, possibly better , version of this poster using another word for "crap....

  Homeopathy awareness week is coming up and scientists from all around the world are gearing up to explain why homeopathy doesn't work—...

  Shona Holmes is a Canadian citizen. She suffered from a number of symptoms including dizziness and loss of vision. Her family doctor in Ca...