Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to Discovery of ‘Genetic Scissors’ Called CRISPR/Cas9

“We Flew 100 Feet, Really, We Did”

Share this on WhatsApp Originally published in June 1904 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “The flying machine invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright, which made a successful flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., last December, had another trial near Dayton, Ohio, on May 26, which the brothers say was successful. Great secrecy was maintained about the test, […]

France Declares Open Season on Snails

Share this on WhatsApp Originally published in June 1909 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “The French Minister of Agriculture, after a careful examination of the subject, has established ‘the legal status of the snail’ by defining snails as animals injurious to vegetation, and therefore legally subject to capture and destruction at all times and seasons. This […]

Fewer Doctors Are Choosing To Go Into Emergency Medicine

Share this on WhatsApp Picture yourself in the emergency department in desperate need of acute care. If you are lucky, you quickly check in with a triage nurse who takes your vitals and registers your complaint—before sending you back to the lobby. Hours pass and it’s likely you still have not been treated. You are […]