Department of Fear: Must Try Harder

Updated below. It's the middle of the night here, so I will try and update this latest "bomb plot foiled" nonsense when I can ...

Beyond Ötzi: European Evolutionary History and its Relevance to Diet. Part II

In previous posts, I described how Otzi was (at least in large part) a genetic descendant of Middle Eastern agriculturalists, rather than be...

Did The Earth Move For You? Shagging in Iran

And you always thought Sha Ging and Wan King were cities in China! The last of three posts on religion and sex. ( 1 ) ( 2 ) And one that ha...

Drinking Water Week

This week is National Drinking Water Week– a time to highlight the importance of a safe, reliable drinking water supply to our overall qua...

If God Didn't Want Us To Wank He wouldn't Have Given Us Hands: The Strange Life of John Harvey Kellogg

The second of three posts on religion and sex. ( 1 ) ( 3 ) An interesting article from The Punch Australia that takes a look at Dr. John Ha...

The Kingdom in the Closet 'The land of sand and sodomites'

The first of three posts on religion and sex. ( 2 ) ( 3 ) The article below was linked from, and is the essence of, Pat Condell's video....

Media Appearances

Last October, I participated in a panel discussion organized by the Harvard Food Law Society in Boston.  The panel included Drs. Walter Wil...

Two Arrested in Birminghan on Charges of Female Genital Mutilation

2 arrested in Britain on charges of genital mutilation By Agence France-Presse via Raw Story May 4, 2012 Two people were arrested in Britain...

Learn how to save lives on World Hand Hygiene Day

Today is World Hand Hygiene Day, an event created by the World Health Organization to educate people about hand-washing to stop the spread o...