If we didn't have enough examples of how words change meaning according to the climate of society as time changes, here's another: spinster. Today the word has somewhat of a derogatory meaning, however, the word was simply a legal term, used [read more...]
Let's use a "brain-as-a-big-city" metaphor here to try and better understand our Fluorescent Green Brains in Mice from Outer Space friends better. Imagine your brain is a big, bustling city filled with different types of workers. There are the construction [read more...]
Have you ever wondered why the world is the way it is? Why there always seems to be war and conflict, despite the fact that we as a species have made so much progress in other areas? The answer is [read more...]
Researchers are now looking into an intriguing connection between two fascinating and ever increasing environmental anomalies: the punch cloud in the sky, and the sink hole below in the earth. Punch hole cloud Could the punch clouds be [read more...]
In an undercover laboratory in Vancouver, scientists have been slaving away for the find of the century. It’s not a cure for cancer, or even a way to conquer death. This research is a lot more sinister. Scientists have found [read more...]
It is a well-known fact that the French people are naturally better than everyone else - especially when it comes to cooking gourmet food. This is due to the fact that their genealogy is infused with superior taste buds and [read more...]
Most people’s only brush with an Egyptian mummy comes through a glass case, under dim museum lighting, or wrapped up in Hollywood clichés—bandaged corpses staggering through tombs with curses for dialogue. But rewind a couple of centuries, and the Western [read more...]
This Is What a 600-Year-Old “Butt Song from Hell” Sounds Like: The Garden of Earthly Delights is the modern title given to a triptych painted by the Early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch. It has been housed in the Museo del [read more...]
Columbus Day was NOT set aside to celebrate Spanish Imperialism and the conquering of Native Peoples. Let's discuss the origin of Columbus Day. We as Americans, do not regularly celebrate such things as "a bunch of misguided Spanish explorers raping [read more...]
