The archive
Every issue since No. 1, newest first
Sep 28, 2026
What "peer reviewed" does and does not tell you
One check among several, and what it leaves out.
Sep 21, 2026
Reading a chart: the axis that starts at fifty
Two bars, one trick, and how to spot it in the first five seconds.
Sep 7, 2026
A fortnight of headlines, checked one by one
Eleven stories, the paper behind each, and what I could and could not find.
Aug 24, 2026
Five words in health news worth slowing down for
Linked, associated, may, up to and boosts.
Aug 17, 2026
Why trials sometimes stop early, in plain words
Who decides, why, and what the early numbers can and cannot show.
Aug 10, 2026
The year in health news, in one long breath
Every big story, one paragraph each, and how it held up.
Aug 3, 2026
The best letters you've sent me, and my replies
Ten years of corrections, arguments and one very kind note from a retired librarian.
Jul 27, 2026
Who pays for a study, and where to find out
The line at the end of the paper that most readers skip.
Jul 20, 2026
A summer of preprints, read
Papers not yet checked by anyone, and how to read them anyway.
Jul 13, 2026
A night at a journal club in Vancouver
Twelve people, one paper and an argument about page four.
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