We are in the process of repeating the errors we’ve made over and over — The highway day of new cases in over a month. But the president is not talking about that. With 200,000 lives lost, it would be great to say the worst is behind us. All I can say is the worst is still in charge. A new study shows 9% of…

Scientists fear an exhausted nation will let down its guard just as cooler weather raises risk of a twindemic — “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are. We. There. Yet?” That’s how Andrea Taylor, PhD, describes her own growing exhaustion with the Covid-19 trip we’re all on right now, the frustrating and inconvenient detour in the journey through the longest year ever. While the growing and horrific U.S…

Motivated by history, the founding fathers outlawed these deeds at the nation’s start In September 1787, Jacob Shallus, the assistant clerk of the Pennsylvania State Assembly, was commissioned to draw up a contract. Two days later, he put the finishing touches on the four-page, 4,543-word document. For his services, Shallus received $30. …

Was it an accident or a state-sponsored murder? Image Credits: SUN-YuriGagarin ‘Gagarin is dead!’ Sergei Kravchinsky, a young engineer at that time recalls the furor it caused across the Soviet Union. “We heard a scream in the corridor: ‘Guys, Gagarin is dead!’. It was a shock, all the women were crying,” Yuri Gagarin became a legend when he…

Leopold had an estimated IQ of 210–220

Medicine before anesthetics were invented — Depiction of Robert Liston performing an amputation in front of a crowd of spectators during surgery in the 1800s (Source Wikimedia Commons)

Was it an accident or a state-sponsored murder? — Image Credits: SUN-YuriGagarin ‘Gagarin is dead!’ Sergei Kravchinsky, a young engineer at that time recalls the furor it caused across the Soviet Union. “We heard a scream in the corridor: ‘Guys, Gagarin is dead!’. It was a shock, all the women were crying,” Yuri Gagarin became a legend when he…

How a government employee took slacking off to the next level. — Author purchased rights via iStock The vast, humid, domesticated swamps of Florida are blanketed with busy highways. The heat, traffic, and constant rain have a crushing effect on our infrastructure. Consequently, I’ll often see government workers doing repairs on the side of the road. …