Joe Schwarcz

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  • Oct 20, 2026
    Pesticides are designed to kill insects, fungi, and weeds. So, it is reasonable to wonder whether they can harm us as well. Recent reports of pesticide residues in berries exceeding...
  • Sep 21, 2026
    Colorectal cancer is increasing among younger adults, and researchers are scrambling to figure out why. A new study points a finger at the weedkiller picloram. But the evidence is a...
  • Jun 15, 2026
    U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. is sticking his fingers into many pies. One of these contains psychedelics that are either synthetic or natural substances capable of...
  • Jun 12, 2026
    U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. is sticking his fingers into many pies. One of these contains psychedelics that are either synthetic or natural substances capable of...
  • Jun 10, 2026
    The name of Louis Pasteur is usually associated with the germ theory of disease, but Pasteur was a chemist who made a significant contribution to the understanding of molecular...
  • May 25, 2026
    Robert Kennedy Jr.’s push for more research into psychedelics harkens back to the 1960s, when Harvard Professor Timothy Leary urged people to “turn on, tune in, and drop...
  • May 22, 2026
    Robert Kennedy Jr.’s push for more research into psychedelics harkens back to the 1960s, when Harvard Professor Timothy Leary urged people to “turn on, tune in, and drop...
  • Feb 20, 2026
    There was no era in which Americans were healthier than now, except in a romanticized imagination.