My latest feature article explores CAM, shams and the commodity of wellness. Every day is punctuated by messages about optimal health with a steady barrage of promises… Read more “Health in the Age of Wellness”
Ahead by a Century? It has been 100 years since the Spanish flu pandemic, but our influenza efforts are still lacking.
Spit Spreads Death This past weekend marked 100 years since the end of the First World War. It has also been a century since the 1918 Spanish… Read more “Ahead by a Century? It has been 100 years since the Spanish flu pandemic, but our influenza efforts are still lacking.”
Science and Society
Breaking the science silence on the blog to share a piece published over at The Sheaf Publishing Society. Read about the importance of science literacy, communication… Read more “Science and Society”
Bugs on the Brain
Imagine you are at a cocktail party. Some sort of creative kickstarter’s big reveal that includes an in-house DJ — some forty-year old guy named Craig with… Read more “Bugs on the Brain”
What’s light got to do with it?
Lightscapes, nightscapes and glowing screens— how light effects our health and genes Ah, light. The ubiquitous radiation that bombards our humble human bodies. Multiple wavelengths of vibrating… Read more “What’s light got to do with it?”
The Human Story
This is a blog about science and storytelling. It’s about science writing and communication. Science and writing. This post is a personal reflection of writing, of striving… Read more “The Human Story”
“Nature is a Haunted House”: beautiful and somewhat unsettling tricks of microbes and moths.
Bacteria, the great improviser As the cliché goes — one man’s garbage is another man’s treasure. And also, perhaps, a viable buffet of tasty, tantalizing delights. Bacteria… Read more ““Nature is a Haunted House”: beautiful and somewhat unsettling tricks of microbes and moths.”
Tangled in the Sheets of Sleep and Science Part TWO
We left off on our brainstem’s foibles in it’s sleep induced regulation over our bodies. We are merely slaves to the humble pons — our brainstem’s envoy… Read more “Tangled in the Sheets of Sleep and Science Part TWO”
Tangled in the Sheets of Sleep and Science: Part One
“Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care” As the late and ever lovely Oliver Sacks said, “Waking consciousness is dreaming – but dreaming… Read more “Tangled in the Sheets of Sleep and Science: Part One”
Who The Hell Are You?
There is a scenario that many of us have had the painful privilege of experiencing. That moment when your eyes flutter open and you glance around while… Read more “Who The Hell Are You?”
