Calm Down, People. Bacon Won’t Kill You
The state of healthcare journalism, and science journalism in general, is abysmal. How we receive that news—usually through some form of social media—makes everything worse. This week, the World Health...
View ArticleYour Paleo Diet Isn’t “Natural”
I’m sure you know someone who is on the Paleo Diet. Maybe you even tried it for yourself (Uma Thurman and Megan Fox have). The idea behind it—an attempt to get back to the diet of the Paleolithic...
View ArticleWhy I Wish Leslie Knope was Running for President
With the US presidential election a year away, I am trying to be a more informed citizen by keeping up with the news and watching debates, such as last night’s fourth Republican presidential candidate...
View ArticleWhat ‘Serial’ Gets Right – and Wrong – About Crime
When I first heard people talking about how they were listening to podcasts, all I could think of was the Golden Age of Radio—especially Orson Welles scaring the bejesus out of the American public with...
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