Humans have been reporting ghostly sexual encounters (a phenomenon known as “spectrophilia”) since at least the 13th century. At the time, Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas believed that demons lived …
Was the Cat Massacre one of the reasons the Black Death decimated Europe? While writing on the Medieval Black Death and even in the posted comments, I kept hearing …
The hipster adds the public toilet to its habitat of tiny homes and hangouts Teeny Tiny Adorable Spaces Hipsters have reclaimed teeny tiny adorable spaces from dumpsters, shipping containers …
cyborg or house-cat According to Elon Musk, our future role is either cyborg or a house-cat. Humans could lag so far behind in intelligence compared to AI that we …
The technological inventiveness of the Industrial Revolution extended to mental health inventions intended to shock and startle the mad back to their senses. From revolving patients at 100 rotations …
An 1847 annual report for Aberdeen Lunatic Asylum shows various causes of insanity in the 19th century. These were split into two categories, which was fairly typical – physical …
During the time of the medieval Black Death, the city of London published weekly statistics of people who’d died that week and from what cause. As you’d expect, “plague” …
In supernatural burials, The dangerous dead were buried face down, bricks shoved in their mouths, staked, nailed or decapitated. Born out of wedlock, unbaptized, conceived during a holy time, …
The Top 10 New Species list is compiled annually by ESF’s International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE). Established in 2008, the list highlights discoveries that are made even as …
The Recent controversy over trans people and bathroom use exposes a subject we usually keep a lid on – the humble toilet. The practice of gender-segregated pooping and peeing as …
The Rocket Girls started out as a group of “computers” at the Jet Propulsion Lab. Using only paper, a pencil, and their minds they were responsible for all the …
Irish people are unaware of the danger they face as they check their smartphones an average 40 times a day. The mobile phone happens to be our most contaminated …
