Science and the Doubting Thomas

An article by Joel Achenbach for National Geographic asks, “Why Do Many Reasonable People Doubt Science?“. I wondered the same thing myself.  I’ve found people who adamantly refuse to believe that something has happened or existed even if the proof was presented. The article is fairly long but absolutely answers this particular vexing question. (more…)

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Origins of Chemotherapy

All of us know someone who has had cancer.  We talk about radiation and chemotherapy but have you ever wondered where and how it all started?

I came across a post through a Facebook page called “Reactions” that intrigued me.  It was called “How Chemistry Changed WWI”.  After reading through it I would have titled it, “How Chemical Warfare Killed and Saved Millions”.  It was a tiny article that talked about how WWI was called the chemists war.

Most people know that mustard gas killed so many soldiers, innocents and living things during WWI but too few also know that mustard gas changed how medicine treated cancer.

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