- The Climategate Inquiries by Andrew Montford (author of The Hockey Stick Illusion).
- history of umami. I didn’t know shitake mushrooms have more umami than other mushrooms.
- Japanese cherry blossoms imply Medieval Warming Period warmer than now.
- Does electricity use cause extreme weather?
- Vitamin C improves mood.
Thanks to Dave Lull and Anne Weiss.
In that vitamin C study, I notice that the lead researcher quoted is a Canadian named John Hoffer; I wonder whether he’s the son of Abraham Hoffer, the Canadian physician who pioneered the use of niacin in schizophrenia as well as the use of other megadose vitamins for other conditions.
off-topic, Seth, but thought you’d be interested in the following:
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/25/health/policy/25avandia.html?hp
The article is ostensibly about Avandia & the FDA…but it’s really about blogging.
On his website he mentions a son, John, born in 1947. At McGill John is studying the use of intravenous vitamin C for various cancers. Strange coincidence if he’s not Hoffer’s son since his research interests are consistent with Hoffer Sr.’s work.
“He is the son of Abram Hoffer, an early advocate of vitamin therapies for mental illness and cancer.”
https://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/weekendlife/story.html?id=f3e3cc7f-d23f-4514-9cd2-1d0017ff6e3c