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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.”

The Hallmarks of Pseudoscience

30 Apr 2026

I’ve been investigating pseudoscientific claims for 13 years now. The word “pseudoscience” means “fake science,” something that superficially looks like science—and is often sold as such—but that...

Just How Much Should You Worry About Eating That Burnt Toast?

24 Apr 2026

I was tempted to say, “why don’t you buy the book,” but that sounded a bit too self-serving. So, let me dig into the science which centers around a small molecule called acrylamide. The...

Colorectal Cancer in Younger Adults: What’s Behind the Uptick?

16 Apr 2026

It was a shock to learn that actor Chadwick Boseman had died. The rising star who played Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was 43 when colorectal cancer took his life in August 2020....

You Can’t Beat Beets!

2 Apr 2026

It doesn’t matter how good a video or an article is if you can’t get people to watch or read it. That’s why a lot of thought goes into coming up with a catchy title that grabs attention. In this...

A Simple Calculation to Determine the Quality of Your Diet

26 Mar 2026

For about 300,000 years homo sapiens has been eating just about everything that seemed edible. Plants, grains, fruits as well as parts of any creature that walks, flies, swims or crawls has...

HIV/AIDS Denialism Is Back, Courtesy of Joe Rogan

19 Mar 2026

Joe Rogan, the most influential podcaster globally, is an HIV-AIDS denialist. Imagine the backlash if the six o’clock news were espousing this decades-old, harmful pseudoscience front and centre.

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