Dr. Robert Liston was considered one of the best surgeons in the world… Until he killed three people in one surgery. This bizarre event (the only surgery with a 300% mortality rate) was just one of many insanely bad medical mistakes through the years. And we’ve assembled some of the worst...
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Science is a slow, methodical process of testing hypotheses and forming conclusions, but every once in a while, a mind comes along that leapfrogs the entire scientific community. And even though they are right, it might take years, decades, even centuries for their ideas to be accepted...
In today’s Lightning Round video, we’re going to talk about a recently announced ammonia engine Toyota’s been working on, along with stories about nutritional depletion in our food, a chat with author Scott Carney, and an update on the Earth With Rings video. Enjoy!
Scattered around the sites of ancient Mesopotamia are thousands of devices called cylinder seals. They are equal parts stamp, credit card, and jewelry. They were how people signed for things and proved who they were in the days before paper. It’s a fascinating relic of a time long past...
When the Spanish Conquistadors encountered the mighty Inca empire, they found thousands of knotted-up ropes called quipus. Encoded in these quipus were tax records, census data, and the entire history of the Inca empire. But the secret to these ancient computers have been lost to time...