Alexander the Great was known to use aloe as a purgative after being taught about the plant鈥檚 effects by his tutor Aristotle. 聽Purgatives were highly valued at the time because it was believed that...
The Shetland Islands are famous for sheep and wool. 聽But did you know that they are also home to the stormy petrel? 聽This unusual bird, so-named because it was thought to appear before a storm, has...
The first scientific observation about breast cancer was made in 1896 when it was noted that the disease sometimes regressed if the ovaries were removed. 聽Eventually this connection was understood...
A dentist named Morton claimed that he could produce surgical anesthesia with this miracle compound and that he would demonstrate it at Mass General. With the observation gallery full and the men...
Many scientists now believe Gulf War Syndrome is a type of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Unexplained symptoms reported by veterans of the first Gulf War with Iraq in 1991 have caused heated...
There are many good reasons why living organisms are adept at moving themselves around without tripping or falling all the time. This was such a crucial skill for survival that early on in our...
Originally, ARPANET linked together defence contractors, universities and research laboratories. But soon, a strange mix of military people, anarchists, academics, science fiction fans, hackers,...
John Augustus Larson was the inventor of the modern polygraph. Although, some list the polygraph as one of the greatest inventions, many scientists consider it to be pseudoscience. 聽Yet, many...
Restaurants often offer mints to their patrons after a meal. This is an old tradition geared to reducing the chance of untoward gaseous emissions. Gas builds up in the intestine in various ways....
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