/oss/taxonomy/term/1103/all en /oss/article/medical-technology/mini-organs-being-grown-laboratories <p>Somewhere, in a laboratory, there is a mini-brain growing. In fact, mini-brains are growing in many laboratories all over the world. What do they dream of? Nothing at the moment, and nothing for the foreseeable future. They are only a few millimetres in size, comparable to a pencil’s eraser top. Consciousness still evades them.</p> <p>And it’s not just brains. Intestines, ovaries, kidneys, even taste buds, are growing in three dimensions in laboratories, though their scale pales in comparison to the real stuff, and to call them mini-organs is overly simplistic.</p> Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9274 at /oss /oss/article/health-and-nutrition-pseudoscience/liver-king-wants-you-dominate-your-health-caveman <p>Blowing up a bed using a tank is certainly a choice. The bed explodes in slow motion. First, we see the dirt raised from the ground behind the bed. Then, a ball of fire erupts, tossing pillows in the air and leaving behind a wooden carcass. It’s not an episode of <i>Mythbusters</i>; rather, it’s<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CW_PKekDD6b/"> </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CW_PKekDD6b/">an Instagram video from the Liver King</a>, who encourages his one million followers to do away with modern bedding because of the chemicals it contains.</p> Sat, 29 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9012 at /oss /oss/article/health-news-quackery-technology-you-asked/physioscan-latest-hype-or-just-old-news-naturopathy <p>Here is the question that came our way: “Is Physioscan the latest hype or just old news in Naturopathy?” I had never heard of PhysioScan so I looked into it. At first I thought it was a joke. Actually, it is. It’s just that it wasn’t designed to be a joke. So what is “PhysioScan?” It’s a computerized device designed to..…well, let them tell you what it is supposed to do:</p> Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:20:50 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1969 at /oss