Should you be worried about being exposed to bisphenol A (BPA)? The European Food and Safety Agency (EFSA) has just released its latest (draft) scientific opinion on the risks to public health related to the presence of BPA in foodstuffs. As it's over 500 pages long, we thought we'd summarize the
Bisphenol A - or BPA for short - is one of the more contentious chemicals on the block at the moment. Companies making BPA, and the products that contain it, claim that the substance is safe if used sensibly. But others aren't so sure. But before getting into the risks and benefits, it makes sens
Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/FuseSchool What exactly is Le Chatelier's Principle? And why is it important to learn it to understand chemical reactions? Find out in this video! The Fuse School is currently running the Chemistry Journey project - a Chemistry Education project b
A recent report from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists highlighted the challenges of dealing with potential but unproven risks to child health during pregnancy. While the report's authors acknowledge that most exposures to environmental chemicals experienced by pregnant women pr
Today, medicine is seen as an authority and a sacred institution. But like any institution, it has a dark past. The story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis shows how medicine was terribly wrong and how the poor judgment of the doctors cost many women their lives. In 19th-century Vienna, the young doctor was r
We often think that freedom means acting without restrictions. But since one person's freedom can influence another's, unrestricted action usually creates problems. To prevent this, we create rules. Philosopher Isaiah Berlin went a step further and distinguished two types of freedom: negative freedo
Cognitive dissonance is based on the idea that we change and reconcile two ideas that are psychologically incompatible. When the two contradictory ideas are deeply ingrained in our identity, this mental imbalance can become overwhelming and intoxicate our minds – and as a result, we may even believe
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About 5-10% of all children are born with dyslexia. Children with dyslexia may swap numbers when reading, swap letters when they appear, or skip words when writing. Some see their handwritten letters upside down and others have problems with the grammar rules - writing correctly is often impossible.
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Is our personality shaped by the environment or are we largely genetically programmed? No one can answer whether nature or upbringing leads to certain character traits in people. However, we know a lot about the influences of genes and environment when it comes to groups of certain populations - esp
One always and inevitably underestimates the number of stupid people who are in circulation, says Cipolla's Law of Stupidity. Although Carlo Cipolla originally formulated his principles in the form of an amusing letter to his friends, it soon gained a lot of attention among social theorists. Today,
