Apparently Snow White's wicked stepmother knew something about chemistry and toxicology. She brewed up a remarkable poison to put the anemic young lady into a state of suspended animation. But how...
I ventured into homemade bread-making at the start of the pandemic two years ago. My first try failed miserably. The bread turned out to be a shapeless, mushy mess. What ingredient was missing?...
The link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer is widely acknowledged. But not everyone who smokes gets lung cancer and not everyone who gets lung cancer is a smoker. How does one contract the...
Life is full of difficult decisions, isn鈥檛 it? Should you put broccoli on a pizza before or after sliding it into the oven? Fret not. This decision can be made a little easier by examining the...
I鈥檝e commented many times on what I think is a ludicrous piece of legislation in California known as Proposition 65. This requires that the public be informed by signs, as is the case on entering...
Unless you鈥檙e participating in a spelling bee or playing Fallout New Vegas, you probably don鈥檛 think about sassafras much, but you might still ingest it regularly. It is, or at least once was, the...
Bladder cancer in humans has been associated with cigarette smoking. 聽Since dogs can also develop this deadly cancer, they can serve as model for evaluating treatment methods. 聽In a study at the...