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The Science Behind the Quest for a Non-Peptide Oral Weight Loss Drug

21 May 2026

Not only does it have a tongue-twisting name, “orforglipron” has a complex molecular structure that made its synthesis very challenging. A massive effort by chemists at the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical...

Alex Clark’s Right-Wing Wellness Podcast Reaches New Lows

14 May 2026

“Raw milk is better for your teeth than any of these toothpastes you’ll get.”

Why Did LLMs Steal Our Em-Dashes?

8 May 2026

Upon ChatGPT's release in 2022, I realized that I wrote like AI. My sentences were long, my writing patterns were predictable, and my use of em-dashes was frequent. Initially, I was not concerned:...

Farmers’ Almanacs Are No Better than a Coin Toss

7 May 2026

A bicentenarian is about to die but I doubt many will notice. Farmers’ Almanac is calling it quits after being in business for 208 years. Its 2026 issue will be its last.

RFK Jr. Has Visions of the Therapeutic Use of Psychedelics Dancing in His Head

5 May 2026

U.S Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. is sticking his fingers into many pies. One of these contains psychedelics that are either synthetic or natural substances capable of producing changes in...

Why Sunscreen Still Beats Steak

30 Apr 2026

This story started like many modern tales of data distortion do, where the science isn’t denied outright, but bent just enough to fit a more convenient (and lucrative) narrative. Let me regretfully...

In my Inbox — Spinach, Blueberries, Hold the Baloney

30 Apr 2026

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.  Let me tell you about my morning regimen. 

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