Month: February 2019

Do we need vitamin D supplements?

13 February 2019
by Jen Martin
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Health / Medicine / Myths

There’s a lot of hype around vitamin D. We’ve long known it’s essential for healthy bones, but over the last decade it’s been claimed low vitamin D levels are linked to a whole host of other illnesses. How clear are those links and how many of us really need vitamin D supplements? Get some rays Also known as the sunshine vitamin, there are two ways to get vitamin D. The first is the same way […]

What a coincidence!

6 February 2019
by Jen Martin
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Myths / Psychology

We’ve all been floored at some point in our lives by what seems an impossible coincidence. It’s tempting to interpret such improbable, even eerie events, as signs from the Universe. But what can science tell us about coincidences? Are they as rare as we think? What are the chances? Image credit Colton Sturgeon via Unsplash.   She was one in a million, so there’s five more just in New South Wales.   Charlie No. 1 by […]