The Black Death is a term given to a major pandemic that struck Europe and Asia in the middle 14th century. It was caused by a disease called the bubonic plague. Up to two-thirds of the population of Europe was killed by the plague....
How is the AIDS epidemic being treated in Africa? How has housekeeping changed after the flu pandemic in 1918? How was the bubonic plague cured? How do we know H1N1 caused the 1918 flu pandemic? How long did the swine flu pandemic last?
Deadly outbreaks have plagued societies for centuries. But they can lead to medical breakthroughs—if we learn the right lessons from them.
My Ph.D. supervisor, E.E. van Tamelen, was one of the most creative chemists of his generation, and he thought about the big problems. Since these are also the hardest problems, working for vT contributed even ...
I own almost every marijuana cultivation book ever made but this is by far the best I have ever seen.” -B.G., Austin, TX “Buying your e-book was the best move a grower could make. I haven't put it down yet. Awesome book man!" -Sean J., New Jersey “If you are even ...
After a few weeks, the garlic should be totally dry and ready to store. The bulbs are cured and ready to store when the wrappers are dry and papery, and the roots are dry. The root crown should be hard, and the cloves can be cracked apart easily. ...
I was very lucky. Prof van Tamelen gave us all a lot of freedom--he didn’t lay down explicit directions about what to do in the lab. This helped me develop independence and confidence and maturity. When I wasat the bench,most of my reactions didn't work---but I never regarded the...
the actual diseases in a way laymen could understand. Most people know about syphilis, tuberculosis, plague, malaria, yellow fever, rabies, etc., but they don’t really understand what happens physiologically and pathologically when one of these diseases sets in. I was going to write a book ...
Worse, the cupboard was bare: Lilly had gone years without launching a new drug. “There was a legitimate question,” Ricks remembers: “Is this actually a running concern?” In 2009 the company’s then-CEO John Lechleiter and his leadership team made a surprising decision in an effort ...
Back in the 19th century, sailors wanted to test if their gin rations had been watered down, so they would drizzle some gin over a pinch of gunpowder and take a match to it. If the gunpowder lit, then the gin was said to be "Navy strength." Today, Navy strength means a gin that'...