PostsCommentsPayoutsgentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 13 days agoWhy '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. One of them was how casually we handled…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • last monthThe smell of deathA 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 woman named Joy Milne . For years…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 2 months agoThe Mushroom Test: How Our Ancestors Practiced Science Without Knowing ItOne of the topics I enjoy teaching students the most is the scientific method. There is something deeply satisfying about explaining the process of observation, hypothesis…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 2 months agoThe Elephant in the Room: Alcohol and Its IllusionsI 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 wanting to stop, at least until the alcohol…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 2 months agoGood Health? Eating less may be what you needFood is life, no doubt about that. Without food, no human being can survive beyond a couple of days, with the highest recorded survival period being around 21 days. As long as an…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 3 months agoLamarckism and the Human BrainI 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 disuse of organs according to Jean…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 4 months agoGlobal Warming and the Politics of ConvenienceGlobal warming is not entirely a bad thing. In fact, without it, the Earth might have remained locked in an ice age, making much of today’s civilization impossible. The warming…gentleshaid (75)in Motherhood • 4 months agoWhen Vaccines Don’t Seem to Work: My Measles ExperienceI have listened to and read about several arguments against vaccines. Initially, I thought many of these arguments were simply dumb and reeked of a lack of education. With time…gentleshaid (75)in Homesteading • 4 months agoMeet Jane and JohannaIt is one thing to have a natural penchant for something, and another to be doing something for economic gain. It is, however, possible for one's passion to be economically…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 5 months agoYoung Blood, Old Questions: What the Science Really Says About AgeingI first saw the headline on Sky News: Drinking young blood could prevent age-related diseases, study reveals. Even though the article date 2018, it hit me like a fresh one…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 5 months agoSomething Must Kill a ManSomething must kill a man. The above phrase is a popular joke in Nigerian societies, and perhaps beyond. It is usually pronounced out of frustration against several lifestyle…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 5 months agoWriting used to be so coolReflecting on How Writing Has Changed Writing used to be so much fun back in 2017, when I first joined this community. In those days, I practically ate and breathed this space.…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 6 months agoMuch Ado about the Male Birth Control PillSo 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 was this short, sharp, and…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 7 months agoI found the key to solving stomach ulcer problemsI don’t know much about medical statistics. I can, however, confidently say that stomach ulcers are one of the most common ailments in the society I live in. I may not be able to…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 7 months agoMy Unexpected Encounter with Cupping TherapyThe 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 acupuncture and other traditional…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 8 months agoA New Dawn for BaldnessHair loss is one of those things people joke about until it becomes their own story. I remember the first time I noticed a tiny clearing forming at the top of a friend’s head…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 8 months agoThe Quiet Evolution of Animal DietsIt’s not every day you come across a real-life twist that challenges what we were taught in biology classes. We grew up with clean, well-boxed definitions: living organisms fall…gentleshaid (75)in Hive Naija • 8 months agoThe Evolution of WritingEvolution refers to the gradual changes that occur in living organisms as their bodies adjust to shifts in their environment. In biology, this happens through natural selection.…gentleshaid (75)in Hive Naija • 8 months agoWhen the Sun Disappears: Demystifying Barrow’s 60-Day NightI live in a part of the world where the dance between day and night rarely gets dramatic. Here, the sun and darkness share the 24-hour stage almost evenly, like two partners who…gentleshaid (75)Adansonia digitatain StemSocial • 8 months agoDrug-Resistant Malaria: A New Sheriff in Town?For years, fever in children has been a familiar, almost predictable visitor in many homes. I had navigated that terrain several times with my boys, guiding their bodies back to…
