From the most powerful royalty in history to an uncontacted village in New York State, we’re talking about some of the most inbred people of all time. The Blue Fugates of Kentucky were an isolated group of settlers who, through a rare recessive gene, developed blue skin. Due to...
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Japan’s JAXA is making headlines with a string of victories involving the smallest orbital rockets in the world, and asteroid landings and sample return missions. Let’s talk about what these guys are doing.
It’s not that uncommon to find glowing animals in nature, this is called bioluminescence. But can people do this as well? Turns out… Sort of.
In the 1800s, grave robbing was big business. Medical schools needed cadavers to teach anatomy and it was common for them to hire “resurrection men” to rob graves. And among grave robbers, Grandison Harris was the best.
The US is in the middle of an opioid epidemic that’s claiming thousands of lives. Here we talk about what caused it, how we get hooked on opioids in the first place, and some options on how to fix it.
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