Monthly Archive: March 2019
by Ben B.Boothe, Sr. – – Circa 1890: A sailor tries to kiss a young woman under a sprig of mistletoe. (William Small. Hulton Archive/Getty Images By KAT MOON). From Harry Potter’s first kiss to Justin Bieber’s holiday tune, kissing under the mistletoe is everywhere …
An undated photo of abolitionist and women’s rights activist Lucy Stone. Corbis—Getty Images. – During Women’s History Month the work of pioneering women’s rights activists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony will surely be debated and discussed in classrooms and newsrooms around the …
By Ben Coxworth – – It may not be much to look at, but it could conceivably spare a child from colitis. (Credit: decade3d/Depositphotos). Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) isn’t good for anyone to have, but it’s particularly hard on children – it can …
By Michael Irving – – Harvard researchers have uncovered the chemical chain reaction that links a lack of sleep to cardiovascular disease. (Credit: suriyaphoto/Depositphotos). Responsible for a staggering 31 percent of all deaths worldwide, cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the …
By Michael Irving – – Physicists have measured how long it takes particles to quantum tunnel through barriers, and found it to be effectively instantaneous. (Credit: fredmantel/Depositphotos). If you throw a ball at a wall, it’s going to bounce back at you – …
A team of Japanese and Russian scientists has successfully “reawakened” cells from a 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth, according to a study published recently in Scientific Reports. The cells came from an extraordinarily well-preserved woolly mammoth discovered in Siberian permafrost in 2012 and nicknamed “Yuka”. Using …
By Loz Blain – – Top speed of the production boat while hydrofoiling will be around 20 knots, or 23 mph. (Credit: Seabubbles). Raising boats out of the water on hydrofoils makes them much more comfortable and efficient – and this French design …
By Ben Coxworth – – The Infinity Seat E2 hit the market this year. (Credit: Ben Coxworth/New Atlas). It was back in 2013 that California chiropractor and triathlete Vincent Marcel took to Kickstarter, to finance production of his bizarre-looking but supposedly very comfortable …
Advances in satellite imagery are shining a light. By Matt Davis – – Today, there are 40.3 million slaves on the planet, more than the number of people living in Canada. Slavery can be hard to find, but it commonly occurs in several …
Stephan Roget – – The real Pocahontas was nothing like the Pocahontas depicted in Disney’s 1995 animated classic. There are a multitude of ways that Disney lies about, or at the very least exaggerates, the life of Pocahontas, but they’re not the only culprits …
