Tag: culture

Have you ever wondered what the world would be like without human beings? Some scientists claim that...

Do you attract more than your fair share of mosquitoes? Your mosquito magnetism is not a figment of your...

The remarkable Guan Hanqing* lived at a time when the Mongols had invaded China to include it in the...

As humans, we have both a natural and a learned aversion to pain. Be it physical or emotional, we go...

Novel swirling vortices have been spotted on the surface of the sun. Moving in the opposite direction...

Centuries before pandemics like COVID-19 dominated the news, the Black Death devastated Europe and Asia...

Should you be storing food? If you’ve noticed your favorite grocery items being out of stock for weeks...

In Buryatia, Russia, there is a Buddhist temple which holds the preserved body of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov...

Eating seasonally not only improves your chances of getting high-quality, fresh produce, it can also...

Time is often regarded as the fourth dimension. Although it is not a spatial dimension, it is a numerical...

No matter how careful we are, most of us manage to damage ourselves here and there, now and then. For...

As the dog days of summer descend upon us, we are lucky to have the option to seek refuge in air conditioned...