/oss/taxonomy/term/2816/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/should-we-be-eating-more-mushrooms-maybe <p>Scientific studies are often speckled with words like “can,” “could,” “may,” “appear,” “linked” or “correlated.” This is bothersome. These terms are just too “iffy” to allow for any solid conclusions to be drawn. I wish sometimes scientists could cast doubt aside and say “will” or “does.”</p> Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:48:03 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9535 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know/uncertainty-principle <p>If you've watched the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-AlfuvjPYM">Big Bang theory</a> or taken some science classes you've probably heard of something called the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mXJK86GCsI">Uncertainty Principle</a>. This theory, which looks like this in formula form: ΔpΔx = h basically states that we cannot know both the speed and the position of a subatomic molecule. Now, at least to me, that has always sounded a little bit like witchcraft. It just doesn't quite sound real- why can't we know both the position and the speed of a molecule?</p> Sun, 15 Oct 2017 17:09:47 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 5185 at /oss