From petri-dish hamburgers to anti-masturbation corn flakes, 2017 has been an interesting year at the OSS. Going through our website, and selectingĀ our favourite and craziest science stories was no...
The "Food Babe," a lady who blogs about food issues, is a continuous source of comic relief for the scientifically minded but for many members of the public she is a respected "whistleblower" who...
O sleep! O gentle sleep! /Ā Natureās soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, /Ā That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down /Ā And steep my senses in forgetfulness?
Is fish really brain food? P.G. Wodehouse certainly thought so. In his wonderful āJeevesā stories, Bertie Wooster encourages his brainy butler to eat more fish whenever a particularly challenging...
Forty eight years ago there was an epidemic of heart failure in Quebec City. The clue was that the thirty men affected were all beer drinkers. In a round about way, the culprit was the introduction...
As part ofĀ "Science Rendez-vous," celebrated across the country on Saturday May 9, we will be presenting the "Science of Magic" and "Fun with Chemistry" at the Otto Maass Chemistry Building....
Joe Schwarczās new book, āMonkeys, Myths and Moleculesā is to be launched at the Ā鶹AV bookstore on May 12 at 5:30. Everyone is invited to hear some fun stories and even experience a...
In the Information Age, how can you discern legitimate science from cherry-picked data, opinion posing as fact, association confused with cause and effect, bogus advice from self-appointed experts,...
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