gentleshaid (@gentleshaid)
Writer | Curator | Minimalist
Your Chemistry Teacher Was Trying to Tell You Something
I've been teaching Chemistry for more than 5 years now, and it amazes me how people don't see many subjects beyond the classroom and passing exams. Just a couple of days ago, I was teaching a stude...
Why '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 the timing of medic...
The smell of death
A 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, she insisted that her husb...
The Mushroom Test: How Our Ancestors Practiced Science Without Knowing It
One 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 formulation, experimentat...
The Elephant in the Room: Alcohol and Its Illusions
I 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 kicked in and you s...
Good Health? Eating less may be what you need
Food 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 organism is alive,...
Lamarckism and the Human Brain
I 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 Lamarck. Some like to ...
Global Warming and the Politics of Convenience
Global 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 effect caused by gre...
When Vaccines Don’t Seem to Work: My Measles Experience
I 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, however, I started ...
Meet Jane and Johanna
It 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 beneficial. Such is my c...
Young Blood, Old Questions: What the Science Really Says About Ageing
I 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 out of the laboratory. On...
Something Must Kill a Man
>Something 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 restrictions recommen...
Writing used to be so cool
Reflecting 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. I can vividly rememb...
Much Ado about the Male Birth Control Pill
> So 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 soaked-in-frustration x post t...
I found the key to solving stomach ulcer problems
I 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 say the same for o...