/oss/taxonomy/term/2031/all en /oss/article/cancer-controversial-science-health-toxicity/unexpected-consequences-are-part-and-parcel-science <p>Science is as a quest for knowledge. Sometimes it ends with a clear-cut result, often not. The Earth goes around the sun. Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen. The speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second. These are facts and will never change. But knowledge is often fluid, conforming to new information as it comes to light. We no longer think maggots spontaneously arise from decaying flesh or that heart attack patients have to be kept on six weeks bed rest. These beliefs, though, were reasonable based on the knowledge available at the time.</p> Sun, 05 Jul 2015 00:17:54 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2272 at /oss