Why must we transition from plastic-based materials to biodegradable alternatives? Beyond noticeable everyday plastic pollution, the methods of extracting the petroleum and natural gas required to produce plastic often devastate the surrounding environment. The toxic chemicals contained in plastic also leach into foods, beverages, oceans, and groundwater. Most shockingly, recycling merely slows down the journey

Every year, thousands of people donate their bodies to medical science. Since the beginning of the study of anatomy, we’ve learned a lot about ourselves, our bodies, life, death, and our mortality in general. It’s safe to say that anatomical research has really helped in the development of some of our best medicines and surgeries,

Anyone who travels often enough will eventually run into a bad experience while they fly. Annoying passengers and grumpy employees are two of the usual suspects. Such hassles are as much a part of flying as pat-downs and those preflight safety demonstrations that few passengers pay any mind to. However, as the next ten stories

When someone goes missing, however unexpectedly, it is often quickly forgotten by all except those closest to the person who vanished. However, when multiple people disappear at the same time, especially a large group, it is obvious that something bizarre and potentially dark has taken place. Even more interesting, these mass disappearance events are on

Medicine throughout the ages has granted us so much to be thankful for. Very rarely do any of us wake up having to fear smallpox or some of the deadliest flu viruses. Syphilis is no longer a death sentence, a bacterial infection guaranteed to devour at us from the inside, consuming our brains as it

The idea of being a keeper in a windswept lighthouse is the romantic dream of many an introvert: hearing the cry of the gulls, looking moodily at the glitter of the sun on the sea while wearing a cable-knit sweater, perhaps having the time to grow a lush, full beard. Yes, there are a lot

As a physician, you are taught to use all of your senses when entering the room to help determine the patient’s diagnosis. Certainly, doctors visually examine patients and uses things like stethoscopes to listen to heartbeats. While many wouldn’t readily think of smell as being one of the more important senses that physicians use, it