The Home Insurance Building, the world’s first skyscraper, and the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, both owe their origins in the city of Chicago.
Mistletoe has had a certain mystique about it since ancient times, probably on account of the curious way it grows. The plant is a “hemiparasite,” meaning that it can either grow in soil, or, more...
Let me set the scene: it’s the evening, I’m doomscrolling in bed (as is tradition), and a video from Emma Chamberlain pops up. She's slurping espresso with a “coffee expert” who confidently...
Homer was the supposed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two classics of Greek literature. “Supposed” because there is no real historical record of when he lived, or indeed, if he ever did live....
Ask the question: “Who introduced the pasteurization of milk?” and I can pretty well guarantee that the answer will be: “Louis Pasteur.” I know because I have carried out that little experiment...
When most people hear about the discovery of DNA, they picture James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953, triumphantly holding up a model of the double helix. But DNA’s story doesn’t begin, or end,...
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