In the uncertain times of 1509 Henry VIII inherited the throne from his father, Henry VII. One of the first things he set about doing was establishing his presence, image was everything. Weaving together

'Mum,' my boy says to me 'I don't think you'll ever grow up'. Nope, not likely. Do you know there's a word for this? It's neotony. It's really the extension of juvenile qualities into adulthood,

Meningitis (What a Meningococcal that is!) Although it remains uncommon, the Meningococcal Meningitis disease is still the leading infectious cause of death of children in the UK. (BMA, 2018) In 1805 there

Steemstem.io (Beta)! For a long time, steemSTEM has been on a path of growth. Once a small group of friends curating on the old Steem chat, we are now a thriving community spread all around the world and

I always considered probability to be a long-lost love child that mother math had with father crystal ball forecasting of the future. Women have always been attracted to bad boys, do not judge her. Probability

Alright this is a long one. When we think of ISIS - the now seemingly defunct terrorist regime, not the Egyptian Goddess - we tend to associate the most heinous, disgusting and brutal forms of death and

I was charting some ancient places for research purposes. And noticed a very peculiar thing or two, for a start most of the ancient sites we think of as made in the times of no clocks, compasses or maps,

Source So far in this series of wonders, we've looked at The Temple of Artemis and The Gardens of Babylon. Today we're going a little more macabre in The Tomb of Mausolus! Bodrum Source Situated in Turkey

The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon ( (Painted in the 19th century - Artist Unknown) Source Babylon was a major kingdom located in the ancient region of Mesopotamia, we know it today as Northern Iraq, around

What Are Wonders? The basic components to measure a Wonder of the World, in any era, include (but are not limited to), its size and monumentalness, its beauty and architecture, how much of an icon it is

Pleasures At The Fairgrounds A funfair has arrived on the park opposite my house so we went for a stroll yesterday. Alas it was more for kids, plus we didn't have much change on us, but I always enjoy

Nerve Agents Nerve Agents are organic chemicals (the branch of chemistry that deals with carbon compounds) that prevent the breakdown of a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine. ( Acetylcholine is responsible

Today is 26 of February, certain events occurred based on history as they are included below. February 26, 1616: Galileo warned About The Copernican theory source On 26 of February in 1616, cardinal Bellarmine

You may be aware of a little hobby of mine, where I spin Google Earth around and stop at a random point, zoom in and learn about whatever I land on. Today I'll continue, sharing any insight I come across.

The cause of a problem is a problem cause 1:10 Make and bake problem and placebo - 1 x ingredient, 9 x solvent (1:9) Example: 'BellaDonna' - the dilating of pupils -> (Brave + Feisty + Beauty = 'Bella^3')

"Whilst watching 'The Crown', the Flying Dutchman was mentioned, which triggered my #ketamine fuelled mind into curiosity, so I googled! And i read Wikipedia: The image strongly haunted my mind! Like,

When you take all the different meanings of a word into account, think about all of the different ways that you are able to apply each meaning from one word to the next, you start to see more ways than

Recap Yesterday, I wrote a post on earworms and delved deep into some ideas as to why we get them. But there is not solid answer to date and I expressed several research-based thoughts: Earworms are an