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Is Genghis Khan Hiding Inside Your DNA?

23 Aug 2024

Genghis Khan is more legend than man. We’re not even sure when he was born: historians agree it’s somewhere in the decade that spans 1155 and 1167. That birth has itself been mythologized. Stories...

The Book Natural Healers Really Hate

16 Aug 2024

To the conspiracy-minded alternative health practitioner, everything was great until the Flexner Report was published.

Water Cures Have Flowed Through History

16 Aug 2024

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.

Dracula, Enhanced Butts and the “Grecian Bend”

30 Jul 2024

The 1993 Academy Award for costume design went to Eiko Ishioka for creating the magnificent costumes in the hit film, “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.” Particularly stunning were the dresses worn by Wynona...

Yes, Helen Keller Was Deafblind

26 Jul 2024

It started with the Helen Keller jokes. You could call it an unfortunate revival. Over forty years ago and following the broadcast of The Miracle Worker, jokes about Helen Keller became mainstream.

Will Graphology Become Extinct?

19 Jul 2024

Can a pseudoscience ever truly disappear? Over the course of human history, we have made many attempts at explaining the world around us, and while some of these guesses were eventually confirmed...

The Do's and Don'ts of Burn First Aid

12 Jul 2024

Burns, injuries to the skin caused by heat, radiation, electricity, friction, or chemicals, are among the most common and painful injuries. Throughout history, a variety of unusual and sometimes...

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