How enzymes don’t work

The late, great Linus Pauling, twice Nobel laureate (chemistry and peace) and advocate of mega doses of vitamin C for beating disease and extending life (he died at the ripe old age of 93) was one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century.
He worked out how nature’s catalysts, proteins known as enzymes, speed [...]

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A lover knows only humility, he has no choice./
He steals into your alley at night, he has no choice./
He longs to kiss every lock of your hair, don't fret, he has no choice./
In his frenzied love for you, he longs to break the chains of/
his imprisonment, he has no choice.
 - Rumi

Homeopathy really doesnt work (Sciencebase Science Blog)

A couple of years ago, I re-posted an old article of mine about homeopathy discussing its ludicrous claims, its feeble attempts to provide a scientific explanation for those claims, and basically pointing out that no solid evidence has ever been found that…

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My mind shall not be disturbed; no angry word shall escape my lips; I will remain kind and friendly, with loving thoughts and no secret spite.
 - Siddhartha Gautama