Deborah Blum

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Deborah Blum

In the late 19th century, the government chemist Harvey Washington Wiley proved several shocking suspicions about the American food supply: Milk was routinely thinned with dirty water, coffee contained bone, ground pepper was full of dirt, cocoa was packed with sand and cayenne was loaded with brick dust. The findings turned Wiley into a crusader for food safety, and by 1906 Congress finally agreed that regulations were needed.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Deborah Blum

CEREBRAL ENTANGLEMENTS: How the Brain Shapes Our Public and Private Lives, by Allan J. HamiltonThe human brain! It's amazing! A master conductor of our emotional symphonies, a supercomputer of intelligence, a treasure inside the "temple" of the skull, where it gloriously shimmers "vivid, vital, jewel-like." I mean, is it any wonder we're such a special species? Sorry: I had to get that out of my system. Books built on hyperbole seem to bring out the worst in me.

Jan 9, 2025 | science.org | Harrison J. Ostridge |Arindam Ghosh |Anqi Wei |Deborah Blum

Skip to main content Main content starts here Books et al. Science and SocietyHaphazardly applied, frequently lost, and often ignored, the vital forensic tool also has a troubling pastDeborah Blum [email protected] Info & Affiliations Access the full articleView all access options to continue reading this article. Books1The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story Pagan Kennedy Vintage, 2025. 256 pp.

Jun 26, 2024 | laphamsquarterly.org | Scott Korb |Deborah Blum |Brent Cunningham |Jay Griffiths

Most honest discussions that bring together food and animals are really, at bottom, about suffering and killing and death, topics that we all know have a way of making people feel bad. This is especially true, I’ve found, if those people are young college students whose lives have been relatively unburdened by the kinds of suffering and death—and the increasingly regular thoughts about such things—that go along with honest living in the world.

May 9, 2024 | theubj.com | Deborah Blum

In the dynamic realm of e-commerce, Evan Williams, better known as EvanDropshipping, stands as a testament to youthful ambition and strategic acumen. This visionary entrepreneur embarked on his e-commerce journey at the age of 17, armed with a content creation background.