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Everyone has heard of mermaids, but they aren’t the only aquatic humanoid creature around. For centuries, legends from around the world have told of other

The invasiveness of the medical device is at the centre of its fairly horrific history.

It's time for a history lesson in the roots of vaccine advocacy and resistance

Stave churches were once common throughout northern and north-western Europe. Now, with a few exceptions, these medieval wood constructions are only found in Norway. Surviving stave churches mostly date from 1150-1350 — or so we thought. According to a new analysis, though, they may be a bit older than previously believed. Normally, the age of wooden churches is measured from the analysis of individual logs. Cores are taken from logs and dated by tree rings, which are compared to already date...

No, I am not suggesting that the phrase “כבד לב פרעה” alludes to the disease Covid, a disease that only surfaced in 2019, despite my intentional, and admittedly deceptive, mistransliteration. However, suggesting that phrases and episodes in the Torah refer to specific medical conditions is a centuries-old pastime pursued by rabbis, scholars and physicians, Jew and non-Jew 1 alike 3; Yaakov’s injury and limp due to hip dislocation? 4; Goliath’s poor peripheral vision and ultimat...