Science Essays for College Students

Tag: nutrition

  • An example of how two seemingly contradictory experimental findings may both be true.

    The original theme of this blog concerned scientific topics geared to college or graduate students. Though I have diverged from this once or twice, this essay returns to the original goal. It involves the intersection of physics and biology and concerns an issue that has periodically occupied my thoughts since I retired. Introduction: The essay…

  • Pharmacology today and in ancient natural medicine

    This essay illustrates the discovery of a few drugs from the hundreds used today. Some emerged from laboratory studies while others progressed from traditional ancient remedies to modern pharmaceuticals.  From these many therapeutics, seven are described: artemisinin, a modern treatment for malaria; quinine, another malarial treatment; digitalis, for congestive heart disease; statins, for high cholesterol…