2021 is quickly becoming the year of the great American road trip. With borders closed and many international flights canceled, an increasing number of people are turning to staycations and inner-US trips to help them scratch their travel itch. While traveling with your home on your back can be both liberating and convenient, it comes...
Italy is a veritable wonderland for history lovers, and every year millions of people flock to the country’s most popular sites, like the Roman Colosseum, or the Pompeii Ruins, to feel like they have transported themselves back in time. The ruins that can be found across the entire country are spectacular, although some are in...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, affecting 2.3 million people in our world. MS is as an immune-mediated disease, where the immune system attacks the protective myelin sheath which covers nerve fibers, causing communication issues between your brain and the rest of your body. Curing multiple sclerosis seems like...
Most of us do our best to keep our electricity bill as low as possible every month by turning off lights when they’re not needed, using more efficient light bulbs, or using a programmable thermostat. One man accidentally found out a neat “hack” for reducing your electricity bill and got in a whole lot of...
Doctors (and common sense) are warning against a pseudoscientific practice that involves eating and putting mushed-up oak galls into the vagina, claiming it’s an “organic” way to clean, heal, and tighten the vagina. The product was being peddled by a Malaysian “health shop” on the e-commerce site Etsy. The instructions advise customers to boil the oak galls,...
Energy experts believe by the year 2050, solar energy would have become the largest and most-used source of electricity in the world. [1] Solar power is an easy-to-harness, clean, renewable source of energy that can be accessed almost anywhere across the globe. As long as the sun is up and your solar panels or photovoltaic...
What descriptors come to mind when you think of an 80-year-old woman? Smiling? Generous? Motherly? Out of all the word combinations you might choose, we’re going to bet that “calculated murderer” isn’t one of them. For now 85-year-old Melissa Ann Shepard, you can. Melissa Ann Shepard: The Internet Black Widow Melissa Ann Shepard is known...
Vertigo is a frightening condition. A tilt of the head could send the patient into a dizzying and terrifying sensation. It’s debilitating and can strike at any moment, even in the middle of the night. Although there are medications and other treatments available, some patients do not find them effective. Fortunately, the Half Somersault Maneuver...
The world’s wealthiest people are often criticized for being greedy. In many cases, this criticism is warranted. While a significant portion of society struggles to put food on its tables, the wealthiest among us seem to continue to make more and more money. This reality has become even more apparent amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. While millions...
Fish can be an excellent part of a healthy diet, providing important nutrients like omega-3 fatty acids which can lower your risk for diseases like cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s and dementia, age-related macular degeneration, and rheumatoid arthritis, among others [1]. However, there are some fish you shouldn’t eat. Unfortunately, due to human industrial activity like...
During the Cold War in the early sixties, the US government built 72 missile silos to protect an extremely powerful nuclear warhead. They didn’t use them for decades, however, so officials destroyed most of them. That being said, a few of these bunkers remain, including one that has been converted into a three million dollar...
In the midst of a global pandemic, health officials around the world have been encouraging their citizens to be extra-vigilant with washing their hands and cleaning their homes, particularly commonly-touched surfaces and objects, like a door handle or a phone. This ritualistic cleaning, it appears, may serve a dual-purpose. Ritualistic Behaviour and Anxiety Cleaning A...
