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Louis Pasteur and the Germ Theory of Disease

May 10, 2018 18 Comments

Mid-way through the nineteenth century, people still believed in the disease theory of miasma. Miasma was a type of “bad air” that was thought to

The Enemy of Rome: Hannibal and the Second Punic War

May 6, 2018 27 Comments

Hannibal Barca may have been one of the greatest generals that ever existed in the ancient world. He played a major role in the Second

Rachel Carson: The Downfall of DDT

April 17, 2018 12 Comments

Whenever one thinks of a real-life hero, one thinks of firefighters or policemen or even sometimes nurses. But we rarely imagine environmentalists as being heroes

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