The danger to whales and other large marine mammals from oceangoing vessels’ propellers and bows has long been recognized. And…
Originally published in November 1854 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “Sir David Brewster, who supposes the stars to be inhabited, as being…
As physicians from three distinct racial minorities, our lives are defined by an innate tension. On one hand, we experience…
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This month a cosmic visitor is gracing the skies. A comet swept past the sun on July 3, and it…
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Toward the end of his life, Martin Luther King, Jr., after agonizing about the Vietnam War in private, began denouncing…
In Lidia Morawska’s home city of Brisbane on Australia’s east coast, roadside signs broadcast a simple message: ‘Wash hands, save…