Demystifying science and pseudoscience for the public
Written articles and blog posts
Making research findings easy to search sounds great, but if you’re filtering out the studies that disagree with you, how reliable can you be? https://mcgill.ca/oss/article/pseudoscience/popular-health-guru-sayer-ji-curates-scientific-literature-his-bachelors-degree-philosophy
Ginger ale and ginger beer used to involve tiny living microbes, but they are rather similar soft drinks today. https://mcgill.ca/oss/article/nutrition-you-asked/what-difference-between-ginger-ale-and-ginger-beer
A tiny bony outgrowth at the base of the skull got reported as horns growing on the head of smartphone users, but the flawed study
How genetic conditions are inherited is not always as simple as “I have it therefore so will my kids”. Thinking of it as furniture assembly
The new men’s section of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop frustratingly serves up gloopy mess of healthy masculinity and next-level “welltech”. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/quackery/goop-men-putting-soul-patch-well-woo-brand
Consumers have an impressive choice when it comes to sunglasses, from rainbow tints to polarized lenses. But you don’t get more UV protection the more
