As we approach the week during which the 2023 Nobel Prizes will be announced (October 2-9, 2023), it is perhaps timely to consider the events that surrounded the first Nobel Prize awarded to a...
Serendipitous discoveries are legendary in science. Fleming鈥檚 discovery of penicillin, Perkin鈥檚 of mauve, Silver鈥檚 of post-it notes, Roentgen鈥檚 of x-rays, Fahlberg鈥檚 of saccharin, Plunkett鈥檚 of...
The history of science is full of disproved experiments, revised textbooks, and rewritten hypotheses. Even Nobel prize-winning research, which is often viewed as the best work science has to offer,...
Everywhere I turn these days, an influencer is trying to sell me magnesium supplements. Apparently, all of us who find it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep all night are missing the boat....