Genghis Khan is more legend than man. We鈥檙e not even sure when he was born: historians agree it鈥檚 somewhere in the decade that spans 1155 and 1167. That birth has itself been mythologized. Stories...
Yes, it is possible to have twins with different biological fathers. The scientific term for this anomaly is 鈥渉eteropaternal superfecundation,鈥� and it鈥檚 super cool. 鈥淗eteropaternal鈥� signifies...
Just about any publication that explores the role of diet in disease invokes Hippocrates鈥� famous dictum, 鈥淟et food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food.鈥� Actually, there is no record of...
Black, white, and orange 鈥� the signature colours of a calico cat. Subtract the white and you鈥檝e got tortoise shell colouring. But there is gender colour discrimination at play: calico and tortoise...
In 2015, the Oxford English Dictionary added the word 鈥渃isgender鈥� to its ever-evolving listing. It defines the adjective as 鈥渄esignating a person whose sense of personal identity and gender...
Being left-handed can be devilishly hard. In 1937, an educational psychologist whose work was later discredited wrote of many left-handers that 鈥渢hey squint, they stammer, they shuffle and shamble,...
Science is hard. This is not meant to dissuade anyone from going into the sciences. It鈥檚 just a statement of fact with which all scientists would probably agree, and it鈥檚 a sort of mantra we can...
There is a common parental misunderstanding that arises when the term 鈥渋dentical twins鈥� is paraded around. Identical twins are known scientifically as 鈥渕onozygotic twins.鈥� This Scrabble winner of a...
Cutting-edge science can be used to fashion mirages. We are led to believe there is value in the product, a drink to quench our thirst for knowledge. But when we have spent our money, we are stuck...
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