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The Paper-Thin Evidence for Mouth Taping

26 Jun 2025

TikTokers can’t shut up about this one simple trick. All you need to do is seal your mouth with tape before going to bed, and you will apparently collect a slew of benefits. It will give you more...

$1,950 Worth of Woo: The Biomat, Unwrapped

20 Jun 2025

Recently, I was forwarded an email about the Biomat—a $1,950 USD “healing mat” that claims to cure everything short of a broken heart. And boy oh boy, is it ever a hotbed of pseudoscience wrapped...

Functional Medicine Is a Pipeline to Alt Med

12 Jun 2025

A 56-year-old university professor with psoriatic arthritis goes to see a doctor because his condition is worsening. Psoriatic arthritis is a disease where your immune system rebels against you,...

Gut Worms for Immunity

11 Apr 2025

I used to have hay fever but it was never bad enough that I resorted to ingesting worms.

The American Plan to Eliminate Vaccines

4 Apr 2025

We don’t defend the things we take for granted. Vaccines have long been victims of their own success, but only insofar as too many people were hesitant to get them. But what if vaccines were...

Not All Scientific Studies are Useful

2 Apr 2025

Why do we pursue science? Because we want to know what to eat, what medications to take, what cleaning agents to use, what chemicals to avoid, which personal care products to buy, what sort of...

Kier’s Four Tempers: Psychological Fact or Fiction?

28 Mar 2025

With the finale of the second season of Apple TV’s most popular show, Severance, being on everyone’s mind, here is a look into some of the (pseudo)science that inspired core concepts explored in...

The Rub on Vicks VapoRub

21 Mar 2025

I was forwarded a short video with the alluring title, “Miracles Happen When You Apply Vicks VapoRub to Your Feet.” The speaker tells us in a compelling tone that the miracle is about inducing...

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