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Magnetic Super Food?

AFTER all the quantum wonders we’ve been offered, we feel a twinge of nostalgia on encountering dear old magnetic miracle cures. Oak-panelled Victorian seance chambers come to mind… but never fear, whoever is responsible for Magneurol, at www.magneurol.com, has found a 21st-century “scientific” twist. “Use This Discovery,” they exhort us, “to Surpass Current Human Capabilities by 3000 Years!”

For only $49.00 plus shipping and handling we can get a 30-day supply of… er… let’s look at how_it_works.html on their site: “Magnetic Super Food?” they call it, prudently using a question mark. “It has long been suspected that homing pigeons’ magnetoreception may explain how the…

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