Applying qualitative historical methods, we examined the consideration and implementation of school closures as a nonpharmaceutical intervention (NPI) in thirty US cities during the spring 2009 wave of the pA(H1N1) influenza pandemic. We gathered and ...

The growing science of memory manipulation raises social and ethical questions

organisation with trained personnel for dealing with fires and other incidents and for co-operating in their prevention

fan fiction story based on Harry Potter

Elizabeth Taylor wasn’t one for understatement: she had eight marriages, won two Oscars and was a bold pioneer in AIDS activism. And let’s not forget those captivating violet eyes. Now, according to Slate’s Brow Beat blog, Taylor’s large, liquid eyes had…

In 1975, police officers raided a zoo and subsequently fingerprinted the orangutans and chimps and compared them to crime databases.

Basic physics suggests that electrons are essentially immortal. A fascinating experiment recently failed to overthrow this fundamental assumption. But the effort has produced a revised minimum lifespan for electrons: 60,000 yottayears, which is — get this…

See you on the other side, Bubbles and Freddy.

Defeated in battle and ravaged by bombing in the course of World War II, Germany and Japan nevertheless made postwar recoveries that startled the world. Within ten years these nations were once again considerable economic powers. A decade later, each had…

Polish-born American, Buchenwald survivor at age 4

In this episode of Dreamsounds, I take a closer look at Fantasia to show you how it changed the music industry.
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The pieces of media and music featured in this video are quoted for critical and educational purposes. Those looking to completely…

Once again, the time of the year in which rivers run green is approaching. For those of us who have some Irish heritage, it is a day to celebrate our lineage. Yet, what do we really know about St. …

1944 prisoner escape from Auschwitz concentration camp

Suicide is rare, but it’s increasing in America.

They do matter though.

What’s a substance we all assumed was safe but has actually turned out to be deadly? From tobacco to asbestos to radium, unsafe consumer products and hazardous materials cling to the air inside homes, are sprayed onto suburban lawns, sit in pill bottles,…

Nurse Ratched: You know Billy, what worries me is how your mother is going to take this. Billy: Um, um, well, y-y-y-you d-d-d-don’t have to t-t-t-tell her, Miss Ratched. Nurse Ratched: I don’t have…

It’s quite ironic, actually. In their attempts to take down large corporations, Anonymous actually pads the pockets of one of them. (via New York Times)  The hacker group Anonymous is responsible for attacks on Visa, defense contractors, the Church of Scientology…

"One Week" is a song by the Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies, and is the first single from their 1998 album Stunt. It was written by Ed Robertson, who is featured on the lead vocal of the rapped verses. Steven Page sings lead on the song's chorus, while…