A novel method for boiling eggs (and a talk about egg prices & public science)

From Adam Ragusea. Thanks to Factor for sponsoring! Use code 50RAGUSEA to get 50% OFF plus free shipping on your first Factor box at https://bit.ly/3Cyafb2! "Periodic cooking of eggs," 2025: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-024-00334-w Call or email your senators and members of Congress and tell them you support funding for science, including indirect research costs for universities! Just…

Radioactive glassware of the early 20th century

From Adam Ragusea. Thanks to Lumen for sponsoring! To get 20% off, go to http://lumen.me/ragusea and start improving your health today! 2008 study on the safety of uranium glass in museums: https://run.unl.pt/bitstream/10362/5534/1/Matos_2008.pt.pdf 1992 study on leaching uranium from glass: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1322875/ 1948 study on ancient Roman uranium glass: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/348071?journalCode=isis

About that study on toxic black plastics

From Adam Ragusea. Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring! Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain with my code RAGUSEA: https://squarespace.com/ragusea Original study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653524022173 The correction: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004565352402811X?via%3Dihub EPA source on BDE-209 reference dose: https://iris.epa.gov/ChemicalLanding/%26substance_nmbr=35 Ars Technica reporting that Chemosphere has been kicked out of Web of Science: https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/huge-math-error-corrected-in-black-plastic-study-authors-say-it-doesnt-matter/ My original video: https://youtu.be/58HUM40gDPU

The worry about black food plastics

From Adam Ragusea. Thanks to Grüns for sponsoring! Get up to 45% off with my link: https://gruns.co/pages/first-order?utm_source=pi&utm_term=149929 @GrunsDaily From e-waste to living space: Flame retardants contaminating household items add to concern about plastic recycling (2024): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653524022173 Black plastics: Linear and circular economies, hazardous additives and marine pollution (2018): https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1111&context=gees-research