Does creatine give you energy? What it actually does in your muscles

Is creatine a source of energy? No. Instead, it is a taxi for energy. Here’s how and why creatine drives energy from production site to where it is used.

Why the sun doesn’t have vitamin D (and your cat couldn’t care less)

This short story explain what is really going on about vitamin D and the sun. As a bonus, tells you a little bit how your pet deals with this stuff.

The precautionary principle and climate change — or, where do the ducks go in winter?

In this brief essay I propose a new application of the precautionary principle and describe how it can help overcome certain cognitive biases about climate change.

Which omega-3s are essential? LA, ALA, EPA and DHA explained

This short story explains how scientists discovered that linoleic acid and alpha-linoleic acid are essential for humans, meaning that we need to ingest them to be able to produce ARA, EPA and DHA.

DNA structure explained visually: nucleotides and the double helix

Here you will get into a visual trip to the structure of the molecule of life. We leave atomic details apart, and focus on the shape of the building blocks of DNA, deoxinucleotides, and how they bind to make up the famous double helix.

Gene vs allele: what's the difference?

These two concepts are often confounded. Learning what is a gene and what is an allele you will get ready to the next step: understanding what is haplosufficiency.

Haploinsufficiency explained: when one working copy of a gene isn't enough

Most genes work fine with only one healthy allele. A minority of genes don't, with one healthy allele not providing sufficient function. What haploinsufficiency means and why it matters.