/oss/taxonomy/term/1212/all en /oss/article/covid-19/can-vaccines-make-our-body-magnetic <p>Now I’m even more attracted to the COVID vaccines than I used to be! That’s because I recently learned that they do not only equip us with antibodies against the virus, they also make our bodies magnetic! And we know that magnets can heal, don’t we? So now we should see massive healing of all sorts of diseases as the newly magnetized COVID vaccine recipients spread across the globe.</p> Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:57:15 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8759 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know/luminescent-chemistry-lava-lamps <p><span>If you think back to the 60’s and 70’s your memories are probably illuminated by a lamp filled with swirling globs of colourful goop that really </span><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-history-of-the-lava-lamp-21201966/">didn’t shed much light at all</a>.</p> <p><span>Lava lamps were </span><a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US3570156">invented</a> in 1963 by a British accountant, Edward Craven-Walker, and marketed under the name Astro Lamps. The name might have changed since then, but the chemistry largely hasn’t.</p> Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:54:28 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 7177 at /oss /oss/article/controversial-science-news-quackery-technology/different-type-electric-chair <p>I was asked by a salesman for the "Magnesphere" Company to take a look at their magnetic system that is supposed to treat various conditions. The people who hosted me made no claims other than that sitting in this special magnetic field would lead to relaxation. Others on the web make more elaborate claims. I sat there for about 50 minutes and did not feel a thing. I did, however, read some of the curious ramblings of the inventor, Jerry Jacobson. I've included an excerpt here to allow you to have a glimpse into this scrambled mind.</p> Fri, 20 Sep 2013 02:24:02 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2014 at /oss