Author Archives: Stan Flouride

The Sugar Association, paid the equivalent of about $49,000 today to three scientists to conduct a literature review on scientific evidence about sugars, fats and coronary heart disease. Their investigation was eventually published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. However, … Continue reading →

(This is very terrifying) <p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/181586390″>L'acrobate des toits de Paris</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/mylittle”>mylittle</a&gt; on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p> Parisian website My Little Paris released this rather impressive promotional video, claiming 90% of it was done without any special effects. Even so, it is quite convincing … Continue reading →

Illustration Credit & Copyright: Jack Cook, Adam Nieman, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Howard Perlman, USGS Explanation: How much of planet Earth is made of water? Very little, actually. Although oceans of water cover about 70 percent of Earth’s surface, these … Continue reading →

A new documentary about the Beatles shows the toll Beatlemania took on them as they became “more popular than Jesus” at the height of their fame. “Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years” — the first authorised portrait of the … Continue reading →

Dr. Krister Smith of the Department for Messel Research at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, BD  “We discovered a fossilized lizard inside the snake, which in turn contained a fossilized beetle in its innards!” “Until now, we had never found … Continue reading →

Smoking the equivalent of a single ‘spliff’ of cannabis makes people less willing to work for money while ‘high’, finds a new UCL study.The research, published in Psychopharmacology, is the first to reliably demonstrate the short-term effects of cannabis on … Continue reading →

A massive wooden replica of 17th century London was torched Sunday on the River Thames to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, which paved the way for the building of the modern city. Onlookers crowded along … Continue reading →

In the Polish city of Pruszków you’ll find the Gallery of Steel Figures, an entire museum devoted to dozens of sculptures built from scrap metal salvaged from a local scrapyard. Their most recent addition is a collection of four iconic cars designed and … Continue reading →