Aliens Could Have a Hundred Eyes

Fighting Back against the Loneliness Epidemic

Share this on WhatsApp Adhering to social distancing guidelines, I placed the bag on the doorknob, knocked three times loudly, and quickly stepped back six feet Nothing. I knocked once again and placed my ear by the door. The faint sound of footsteps informed me that “Mr. Roberts” (a pseudonym) was making his way to […]

New $500 Cars Rarely Fail

Share this on WhatsApp Originally published in January 1917 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “In the year just closed, the U.S. has produced more automobiles, both passenger carrying and commercial vehicle types, than have ever before been made in the same period. The development of the automobile mechanism has reached that point where the majority of […]

Endangered Species Protections Won’t Prevent Another Pandemic

Share this on WhatsApp Much is being written today on the role of wildlife trade in the COVID pandemic. It would be irresponsible for any government, or anyone really, not to ask how we can prevent the next such pandemic, and what we should do about the wildlife trade in that context.  While many are […]