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Why History Urges Caution on Coronavirus Immunity Testing

Share this on WhatsApp Snorting powdered smallpox scabs and jumping into the beds of those freshly dead from yellow fever. Humanity has gone to extreme lengths in search of immunity before.  — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com Source link Share on FacebookTweetFollow usShare this on WhatsApp

Electric Street Cars Are More Efficient than Horses

Share this on WhatsApp Originally published in June 1899 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “A true comparison of the relative cost of operation of cable, electric and horse traction for street railways points unmistakably to the great superiority of electricity, not only in traffic-handling capacity but in economy. On January 1, 1893, the entire street railway […]

Finding Inner Harmony: The Underappreciated Legacy of Karen Horney

Share this on WhatsApp “To learn how to listen to the delicate vibrations of my soul, to be incorruptibly true to myself and fair to others, to find in this way the right measure of my own worth.” — Karen Horney’s New Year’s Eve resolution in 1904 at the age of 18 […]