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The Canadian Connection to the American Greenback

4 Jun 2024

The green in American paper bills is chromium oxide, a refined version of chromite, a naturally occurring ore in the Earth’s crust. This ore is also the source of chromium metal which is produced...

Your Earwax and Sweat Have Something Smelly in Common

10 May 2024

Did you know that there are two types of earwax and that, depending on where you are from, you have one or the other?

Turkey Doesn’t Make You Sleepy

29 Mar 2024

This article was first published in The Skeptical Inquirer....

Does Daylight Savings Time Actually Save Energy?

8 Mar 2024

The surefire signs that Spring is just around the corner have started to appear – trees are budding, flowers beginning to bloom and there’s more rain than snow. (Full disclosure – I live in the UK...

Don’t Blame Teething for Most Infant Illnesses

12 Jan 2024

This article was first published in The Skeptical Inquirer....

Kids Don’t Feel Pain from Growing

5 Jan 2024

This article was first published in The Skeptical Inquirer.

Every Christmas, Quirky Science Gets to Shine

22 Dec 2023

What do you call two orthopaedic surgeons reading an electrocardiogram? A double-blind study.

A Houdini Low Point

27 Oct 2023

National Magic Day is celebrated annually on October 31st in memory of Harry Houdini who passed away on that day in 1926.

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