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@gentleshaid

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gentleshaid
@gentleshaid Jul 14, 2026, 6:51 AM UTC

Why 'Morning and Night' Isn't Always Good Enough for Your Medication.

For about two years, I worked as a pharmacy technician. Looking back now, there are so many little things we did that I never questioned. One of them was how casually we handled the timing of medicat…

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@gentleshaid Jun 26, 2026, 11:49 AM UTC

The smell of death

A few years ago, I stumbled upon one of those stories that makes you pause and say, "Nah... this can't be real." It was about a Scottish woman named Joy Milne. For years, she insisted that her husban…

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@gentleshaid May 22, 2026, 8:04 AM UTC

The Mushroom Test: How Our Ancestors Practiced Science Without Knowing It

One of the topics I enjoy teaching students the most is the scientific method. There is something deeply satisfying about explaining the process of observation, hypothesis formulation, experimentatio…

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@gentleshaid May 17, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC

The Elephant in the Room: Alcohol and Its Illusions

I was around 18 years old when I had my first alcoholic drink. It was freshly tapped palm wine. You could drink gallons of it without wanting to stop, at least until the alcohol kicked in and you sud…

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@gentleshaid May 14, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC

Good Health? Eating less may be what you need

Food is life, no doubt about that. Without food, no human being can survive beyond a couple of days, with the highest recorded survival period being around 21 days. As long as an organism is alive, i…

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@gentleshaid May 10, 2026, 5:16 PM UTC

Lamarckism and the Human Brain

I love telling a particular joke to my students whenever I'm advising them to study adequately. The joke revolves around the law of use and disuse of organs according to Jean Lamarck. Some like to ca…

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gentleshaid
@gentleshaid Mar 26, 2026, 11:48 AM UTC

Global Warming and the Politics of Convenience

Global warming is not entirely a bad thing. In fact, without it, the Earth might have remained locked in an ice age, making much of today’s civilization impossible. The warming effect caused by green…

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@gentleshaid Mar 23, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC

When Vaccines Don’t Seem to Work: My Measles Experience

I have listened to and read about several arguments against vaccines. Initially, I thought many of these arguments were simply dumb and reeked of a lack of education. With time, however, I started se…

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@gentleshaid Mar 21, 2026, 7:55 PM UTC

Meet Jane and Johanna

It is one thing to have a natural penchant for something, and another to be doing something for economic gain. It is, however, possible for one's passion to be economically beneficial. Such is my cas…

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gentleshaid
@gentleshaid Mar 3, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC

Young Blood, Old Questions: What the Science Really Says About Ageing

I first saw the headline on Sky News: Drinking young blood could prevent age-related diseases, study reveals. Even though the article date 2018, it hit me like a fresh one out of the laboratory. On a…

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