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Head of the Class

We seem to be getting swelled heads. Or at least bigger ones. A study published in the British Dental Journal ran...

Written by Cynthia Wood • 01 Feb 2006 • Read →

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The Death of Grigory Rasputin

If the popular (but wildly inaccurate) children's film Anastasia, the based-on-a-real-person character Grigory Rasput...

Written by Josh Harding • 29 Jan 2006 • Read →

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Cancer Assassins

In the USA and other developed countries, cancer is presently responsible for about 25% of all deaths. The human immu...

Written by Alan Bellows • 28 Jan 2006 • Read →

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Skipping Bombs Like Stones

During World War II, German hydroelectric dams were lucrative targets for the Allies. Not only would busting one cut...

Written by Daniel Lew • 23 Jan 2006 • Read →

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Liver-Eating Johnson

From the cloudy reservoir of history it is often difficult to separate legend from reality, and such is the case with...

Written by Alan Bellows • 22 Jan 2006 • Read →

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Urine For a Treat

A type of mushroom called Amanita muscaria grows in some parts of Siberia, and it contains a cocktail of hallucinogen...

Written by Alan Bellows • 21 Jan 2006 • Read →

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Unintentional, Unwitting Heroine

Most cells in the human body can only multiply a certain number of times, then they inevitably die. This limit is nam...

Written by Jason Bellows • 20 Jan 2006 • Read →

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Smoke Detectors and a Radioactive Boyscout

David Hahn was an Eagle Scout who had a merit badge in atomic energy; as everyone should know, that is ample educatio...

Written by Jason Bellows • 19 Jan 2006 • Read →

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The Spanish Flu Epidemic

If you're worried about the possibility of a coming bird flu epidemic, you can take comfort in the fact that humanity...

Written by Daniel Lew • 17 Jan 2006 • Read →

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The Singing Scourge

Early in the 1200’s, Genghis Khan and the Mongol army he commanded were well on their way to becoming the most feared...

Written by Cynthia Wood • 17 Jan 2006 • Read →

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