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The Statistics Behind 鈥淏reakthrough鈥 Infections

27 Aug 2021

Recently we have seen a rash of headlines along the lines of 鈥75% of infected people were fully vaccinated鈥 atop stories describing a 鈥渟uper-spreader鈥 event in Massachusetts. While that statistic...

When Numbers Get Politicized

21 Apr 2021

Do political beliefs affect our ability to crunch numbers?...

BioSil: Can it Really Help Thicken Your Hair and Nails?

8 Mar 2019

The ads for BioSil look and sound like every other supplement ad. There are bold claims like 鈥減romotes unbreakable nails鈥 (I鈥檓 pretty sure that鈥檚 impossible); references to science like 鈥渕olecular...

The Number Four Kills Again鈥 Or Does It?

4 Jan 2018

Do superstitions kill? You may have heard the one about Chinese people dying in larger numbers on the fourth of every month because, in both Cantonese and Mandarin (and also in Japanese), the words...

Chemistry lesson for The Food Babe鈥 and everyone else #15: Cause and Effect

21 Mar 2017

Studies are the heart of science. But which studies do we take to heart? That is becoming more and more of a critical question as studies are being cranked out at a frenetic pace exploring every...

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