gentleshaid (@gentleshaid) - Honouree

gentleshaid

Nigeria

Writer | Curator | Minimalist

about 22 hours ago

Why 'Morning and Night' Isn't Always Good Enough for Your Medication. For about two years, I worked as a pharmacy technician. Looking back now, there are so many little things we did that I never questioned. On

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The smell of death A few years ago, I stumbled upon one of those stories that makes you pause and say, "Nah... this can't be real." It was about a Scottish wo

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about 2 months ago

The Mushroom Test: How Our Ancestors Practiced Science Without Knowing It One of the topics I enjoy teaching students the most is the scientific method. There is something deeply satisfy

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about 2 months ago

The Elephant in the Room: Alcohol and Its Illusions I was around 18 years old when I had my first alcoholic drink. It was freshly tapped palm wine. You could drink gallons of it without wantin

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2 months ago

Good Health? Eating less may be what you need Food is life, no doubt about that. Without food, no human being can survive beyond a couple of days, with the highest recorded survival peri

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2 months ago

Lamarckism and the Human Brain I love telling a particular joke to my students whenever I'm advising them to study adequately. The joke revolves around the law of use and

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4 months ago

Global Warming and the Politics of Convenience Global warming is not entirely a bad thing. In fact, without it, the Earth might have remained locked in an ice

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4 months ago

When Vaccines Don’t Seem to Work: My Measles Experience I have listened to and read about several arguments against vaccines. Initially, I thought many of these arguments were simply dumb and reek

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4 months ago

Meet Jane and Johanna It is one thing to have a natural penchant for something, and another to be doing something for economic gain. It is, however, possible for

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4 months ago

Young Blood, Old Questions: What the Science Really Says About Ageing I first saw the headline on Sky News: Drinking young blood could prevent age-related diseases, study reveals.(ht

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5 months ago

Something Must Kill a Man Something must kill a man. The above phrase is a popular joke in Nigerian societies, and perhaps beyond. It is

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5 months ago

Writing used to be so cool Reflecting on How Writing Has Changed Writing used to be so much fun back in 2017, when I first joined this com

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6 months ago

Much Ado about the Male Birth Control Pill So you’re telling me that a male birth control pill was created but canceled due to side effects… The same ones women deal with??????? It

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6 months ago

I found the key to solving stomach ulcer problems I don’t know much about medical statistics. I can, however, confidently say that stomach ulcers are one of the most common ailments in the s

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7 months ago

My Unexpected Encounter with Cupping Therapy The first time I heard about cupping as a form of therapy, I dismissed it almost instinctively. I filed it away in the same mental folder as

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