The most popular story on BBC News right now asks, “What Happened to Global Warming ?” It’s a great question.  The story explains that the last decade has been pretty chilly: For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures… And our climate models did not forecast it, even though [...]

While tea is rich in healthy compunds it also seems to bring with it a dramatic new risk: cancer.  Compared with drinking warm or lukewarm tea (65C or less), drinking hot tea (65-69C) was associated with twice the risk of oesophageal cancer, and drinking very hot tea (70C or more) was associated with an eight-fold [...]

Are you prone to search “elsewhere” before searching your own music collection for a particular song ? While recently doing so myself (for a completely “fair use” project), I was struck by the sheer laziness of my actions. Yet, I thought (after finding the song in an instant), certainly the global internets should be trusted [...]

The evidence is mounting that tea — in particular green tea — is a very healthy way of enjoying a hot beverage with a shot of caffeine. I take mine from the coffee shop with milk, more to cool it off than to mellow out green tea’s already very subtle flavour. But at home, I [...]

How long will it take us to come to grips with the hazards of holding radio broadcasting equipment so close to our heads? The data is mounting, and it’s getting pretty horrifying. The latest studies report that exposure to cellphone signals may disrupt our sleep. According to this ctv.ca story, people exposed to simulated cellphone [...]