One of the questions I鈥檝e been asked recently with increasing frequency is how to avoid exposure to those 鈥渇orever chemicals鈥 that we are being warned about in numerous newspaper articles, books,...
As strange as it sounds, being allergic to the cold is a real thing, and it鈥檚 called 鈥渃old urticaria.鈥 Compared with nut or pollen allergies, an allergy to cold temperatures is much less common,...
Red signifies danger in many cultures. From a distance, green is highly visible by day. At night, yellow is easier to see. That briefly explains the choice of colours on every traffic light. But...
Murkiness and wishful thinking about an emerging scientific subject can be spun into certainty. Where researchers are exploring the tenebrous depths of our nervous system with the equivalent of a...
One of my favourite Seinfeld episodes is 鈥淭he Bro.鈥 On discovering that George鈥檚 father, Frank, has 鈥渕an-boobs,鈥 Kramer concocts a male version of a bra, that he calls 鈥淭he Bro.鈥 Frank, who prefers...