Vitamin Drips aren’t just expensive, they’re mostly useless — a pharmacokinetics primerAs fads go, vitamin drips have been a surprisingly enduring one, having grown into a sizable (and enormously profitable) business globally…Sep 10Sep 10
Runners: 3 mistakes you’re making in your interval sessionsInterval sessions are a key part of most good training programs — they build the strength and power you need for racing, without the…Jul 9Jul 9
Why Nike’s VaporFly 4% should have been called the VaporFly Unleaded, and how dodgy science ruined…There is a joke that does the rounds every time there is a cycle of fuel price hikes, along the lines of “with the new fuel price it’s…May 15, 2023May 15, 2023
Is South Africa’s problem vaccine hesitancy, or is it simple vaccine procrastination?A series of surveys have all confirmed that the majority of South Africans are pro-vaccine and, on paper at least, willing and eager to go…Jan 6, 2022Jan 6, 2022
How should South Africa combat Omicron in the days to come?The emergence of the Omicron variant has concerning implications for South Africa and, indeed, the world. In the last two weeks, South…Nov 28, 2021Nov 28, 2021
How did South Africa’s genomic surveillance miss the Nu variant until was too late?On the 23rd of November, South Africa sequenced several samples of a new COVID-19 variant, labeled as B.1.1.529 and, around the same time…Nov 26, 2021Nov 26, 2021
Comrades marathon 2022 date: how bad will the heat be?The Comrades marathon is a staple of South Africa’s sporting and cultural life, and the event’s cancellation in 2020 and 2021 was a great…Nov 24, 2021Nov 24, 2021
A brief history of COVID stuff I have been shouted at for, and how it panned outI won’t be publicizing this article much, because it is essentially a bit of a personal whinge and therefore not particularly deserving of…Nov 10, 2021Nov 10, 2021