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Remembering Joe Nickell, Skeptical Icon

14 Mar 2025

I don’t hold onto business cards anymore. I’m rarely given business cards in the first place, these days. But I have a wooden nickel in my collection that I doubt I will ever carelessly throw out.

I’ve Been Wearing Sunscreen Wrong

7 Mar 2025

This article was first published in The Skeptical Inquirer.

How We Know that Vaccines Are Safe

21 Feb 2025

“Senator, I support vaccines. I support the childhood schedule. The only thing I want is good science, and that’s it.” These words were spoken by Robert F.

Are Sex and Pickleball Keys to Longevity?

14 Feb 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette....

Mitochondrial Dysfunction Is a Bit of a Fad

14 Feb 2025

There is a shell game at the heart of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s Make America Healthy Again campaign, and it has to do with the mitochondrion.

An Ode to Chocolate

12 Feb 2025

I have always liked chocolate. I grew up on it. Every morning my mother blended a heaping spoonful of cocoa powder with a little milk, some sugar and a touch of salt (to decrease the bitterness)....

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