You鈥檝e undoubtedly heard of the California gold rush of 1849. But any mention of the 鈥渃oprolite rush鈥� in southern England that took place around the same time would probably draw blank stares. Yet...
I have a confession to make. I like hot dogs. I couldn't eat 62, like Matt Stonie the winner of the Nathan's hot dog eating contest on July 4, 2015. But I could pack away one. Maybe two. In these...
Professor Aldini began by swabbing the ears with salt water.听 Then he attached a metal wire to each ear and proceeded to connect them to a battery.听 Almost immediately the subject鈥檚 face contorted...
Since World War I, the U.S. Armed Forces have routinely discarded conventional explosives, radiological waste and chemical weapons in the oceans. When this was publicly revealed by the Department...
Cleopatra supposedly took a daily bath in milk supplied by a herd of some 700 lactating donkeys. How she hit upon this idea isn鈥檛 known, but the legendary beauty may have been familiar Hippocrates鈥�...
Asparagus is a wonderful vegetable. Both in taste and in its chemistry. One aspect of its chemistry has been apparent for a long time. A French book on food published in 1702 noted that asparagus...
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