Rapunzel is a fairytale that owes its origins to pregnancy cravings. Pregnant with her first child, the story begins with Rapunzel’s mother experiencing an all-consuming craving for the herb...
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the name of a drug most people had never heard of before was suddenly on everyone’s lips. An off-patent antiparasitic blessed by the World Health...
I must admit that I have never seen a “Wolverine” movie even though Hugh Jackman is one of my favourite performers. He was fantastic in the Broadway revival of The Music Man, excellent in The...
When we are young, the consequences of our sun exposure can feel very far away. Our tan fades, sunburns heal, and life moves on. However, working in a skin cancer clinic showed me that the effects...
As is typical in many language courses, we recently started the weather unit in my Czech class. Aside from learning weather-related vocabulary, my instructor – who is always privy to a fun fact –...
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