Vlad III, ruler of Wallachia (now part of Romania) in the 15th century is one of the more notoriously brutal rulers of history. While Bram Stoker clearly derived the name Dracula and the location Transylvania, scholars debate just how much the historical prince influenced the creation of the fictional vampire.
Kerri Duncan Kerri is an Adelaide-based freelance writer with a background in animal science and molecular biology. Always up for an investigative adventure, Kerri is addicted to exploring Earth’s wonders and finding as many waterfalls as possible. Her work in life sciences has deepened her appreciation of the natural
Monica Hughes PhD themariachiyears.substack.com Mathew Crawford at Rounding the Earth has been busy with a new one that piqued my interest. https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/earlier-covid-19-outbreaks-on-military?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web In this installment, he connects more dots in his
Back in the dawn of the 80s, a friend returned to school from a trip to America. He regaled us with one story I particularly remember: visiting a house where they played chess on a computer — against another computer user at the other end of the country, via a telephone
As I wrote recently, continual advances in medical science may or may not prolong human life routinely well past a century, but at least we future codgers will go to our graves with a whole bunch of shiny new body parts. But what’s the point of living into your
Laurie Mintz University of Florida theconversation.com Imagine a steamy sex scene involving a woman and a man from your favourite television show or movie. It’s likely that both parties orgasm. But this doesn’t reflect reality. Because during heterosexual sexual encounters, women have far fewer orgasms than men.
Vijay Raj Jayaraj Vijay Jayaraj is a Research Associate at the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, VA and a contributor to CFACT. He holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia, UK, and resides in India. cfact.org Here in Bengaluru, India, where I live, the
www.cfact.org The media is calling July 2023 the ‘hottest month on record’ and even the ‘hottest month in the history of civilization’. Keeping in mind that July is typically the warmest month of every year, NASA satellite data indicate that July 2023 was the warmest in the satellite
As I’ve reported before, Meta (owner of Facebook and Instagram), for instance, has conducted its own research that found just how damaging its products are to mental health, especially in children and teen girls. Yet, those are the very groups Meta continues to target in its marketing strategies. But,
Armando Simón Armando Simón is a retired psychologist, originally from Cuba, and author of The U, Fables From the Americas and A Prison Mosaic. brownstone.org Today’s toxic state in society is a cornucopia for psychologists. For example, victimhood has become a status symbol in society to the point
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Water fluoridation is under the spotlight in New Zealand as the decision to add fluoride to public drinking supplies has become the sole responsibility of the Director-General of Health, removing the decision from local communities who have been voting NO. In
As eminent earth scientist Professor Ian Plimer has said, we must be the first generations in human history to be afraid of a warming climate. Warming climates are historically associated with abundance and thriving life. Which is what we’re seeing in the current, mildly warming climate: the Earth is
A medical researcher once told me: “If you can live for the next twenty years, you’ll be able to live past one hundred easily”. What he was referring to was the multiple advances in treating the diseases of old age, which, he averred, would soon extend everyone’s lifespan
In 1999, Australian lawyer and journalist Paul Chadwick warned that, “All roads from a so-called independent statutory tribunal lead back through a parliament to a cabinet room”. Chadwick was speaking particularly of perennial issue of governments attempting to impose tighter control on media and information, but the same principle applies
Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. (Follow him on Substack.) His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington
Here’s one to set the cats amongst the dogs: which species is more intelligent? If you’re, let us say, middle aged and female, you’re probably convinced that Mr Fluffykins represents the peak of non-human intelligence. On the other hand, bro-types are probably adamant that good old Balltearer
