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Based on a recently published study, many media reports featured headlines suggesting that drinking a glass of milk 🥛 a day can reduce the risk of colon cancer by a fifth. Maybe. But as usual, there is more to the story 🧐 mcgill.ca/x/wCa

In the age of misinformation, public health professionals are turning to data 📊 This practice began with Florence Nightingale using data visualization to save lives. mcgill.ca/x/wC6

Vitamins are vital to life. Originally known as "food accessory factors," they are now simply called vitamins. They really are essential to life, as well as to the profits of a thriving supplement industry 💸 mcgill.ca/x/wyQ

Media outlets have claimed that adding backward walking to your workout regimen will strengthen your legs, reduce your pain, and help you burn calories 🚶➡️ These are not on solid ground 👎 mcgill.ca/x/wyd

Synthetic musk fragrances were born out of research on trinitrotoluene (TNT) and the pod near a musk deer’s anus…😳 mcgill.ca/x/wFa #perfume #muskdeer #fragrance #chemistry

The FDA has been working toward a ban on menthol cigarettes since 2022, but on President Donald Trump’s second day in office, the proposed ban was withdrawn quietly without explanation… mcgill.ca/x/wFH

How far would you go for love? ❤️ Would you eat a rhinoceros horn? 🦏 How about ginseng root? Luckily, these unappealing substances and other “aphrodisiacs” won’t be that helpful when wanting to spice things up 😉 mcgill.ca/x/wvX

Not-so-sweet news: Consuming dark chocolate to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes is misguided 🍫 mcgill.ca/x/wvs

Want to keep your lovely cut Valentine’s Day flowers looking fresh? 💐Here’s how! Read the full article here: mcgill.ca/x/iku

🎉 Exciting news — our office has been awarded the 2024 James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) Award! We thank the James Randi Educational Foundation for recognizing our office’s efforts in fighting misinformation and encouraging critical thinking. mcgill.ca/x/iZm

Attention chocolate lovers! 😏 You may be doing your body a favour, as long as you are not being excessive with your chocolate consumption 🍫 mcgill.ca/x/ikK

We are not starting from scratch when wondering if vaccines are safe or not 💉 If you wanted evidence that vaccines are unsafe, firing the people responsible for their safety would certainly create the very reality you spent decades imagining 🇺🇸 mcgill.ca/x/i4o

Methyl mercaptan (aka methanethiol) gives farts their smell 💨🙊 Since 1937, it's been added to natural gas after a methane leak in Texas killed 294 people—mostly kids—because methane is odorless. Now, just 1 part per billion is enough to warn us 🚨 mcgill.ca/x/i4w

Roger Bacon, one of the first scientists, had ideas about gunpowder, optics and even sex! Good to know his interests were varied… 👀 mcgill.ca/x/i3Y #RogerBacon #alchemy #chemistry #theology

🪴 Is your herb garden nature’s AC? The answer is unclear. Research on the cooling effects of private greenspaces is scarce, but they could still contribute to a more fruitful and nature-connected way of urban living 🏙️ mcgill.ca/x/i3A

Have you ever straightened your hair? Well you might as well have been wearing a lab coat because you were doing chemistry! 👩🏻‍🔬 mcgill.ca/x/iUA

🌞 What exactly does SPF mean? Will a tan really protect you from further burns? Is aloe the best for a burn? Here’s what I learned the painful way…⛱️ Read more: mcgill.ca/x/iUm