The Roman Who Predicted Germs 2,000 Years Ago You’re in a toga, swatting flies with a palm fan, and someone…
Imagine being told as a child that you might never walk, and then becoming the fastest woman on Earth. That’s…
“Now turn your head… and strike a pose for the radiation.” Yes, this actually happened. In 1935, in sunny Miami,…
Imagine a Monk Telling You to Drink Beer… for Your Health Picture it: Europe, around the 11th century. Water? Dubious.…
Imagine speaking a language so rare, so old, that no one knows quite where it came from. A language with…
The Moon Isn’t a God. It’s a Rock. Imagine it’s 450 BCE. You live in ancient Athens, where the gods…
They Crossed an Ocean Bigger Than the Moon Let’s just start here: The Pacific Ocean is bigger than the surface…
It All Started with a Taste Imagine biting into your food and discovering fireworks. Not literal fireworks, obviously. But something…
Imagine this: You’re at a smoky piano bar in Washington, D.C., sipping your drink, when a violinist takes the stage.…
He left for vacation. When he came back, everything was different. In 1928, a Scottish bacteriologist named Alexander Fleming went…