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Counterfeit Money: can you tell the difference?
Dr. Ariel Fenster takes a look at some clever counterfeiters. And believe it or not, some of them passed for the real thing!
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The MOOC is coming!…The MOOC is coming!
Get your free food! All you have to do is sign up for our MOOC! That’s “Massive Open On-line Course,” and it’s all about what we eat! Starts January 22. For more information and to register:...
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Vitamin D supplements in question
Study after study has shown that vitamin supplements do not offer any benefits over a well-balanced diet. In certain cases they may even be detrimental to health. In 1994, the National Cancer...
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The new meaning of natural vanilla flavor
Vanilla is the most popular flavor in North America. But it is not that often that one gets the chance to taste the “real stuff”. The flavor made from the beans of the vanilla orchid is expensive. This...
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Antibiotics linked to childhood obesity
A newly published study in JAMA Pediatrics indicates that children who had had four or more courses of antibiotics by age two were at a 10% higher risk of being obese by age five. Researchers from the...
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Space molecules are branching out
In a paper published in this week’s issue of Science, astronomers from the Max Planck institute, the University of Cologne (Germany) and Cornell University (USA), announced to have for the first time...
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The US EPA approves a new herbicide system …but for the first time ever, with...
The Environmental Protection Agency disregarded critics by approving Enlist Duo, a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences. In fact Enlist Duo is not totally new. It is a combination of two widely...
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The Catholic Church and Science
Pope Francis’ recent statement at the Pontifical Academy of Science that evolution and the Big Bang model are not contrary to Catholic beliefs created quite a stir. Afterall, for many people the notion...
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Gordie Howe’s “Miracle Therapy”
After the 86-year-old hockey legend suffered disabling strokes last fall, his family took him to a clinic in Mexico where he underwent experimental stem cell treatment. The procedure involved injecting...
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