This year marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s visit to China and the 40th anniversary of the August 17 Communiqué. History matters. It made things the way they are today, and helps shape a better future when its value is appreciated. A few days earlier I paid a visit...
Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. "To keep from losing the forest for the trees," says Charles Garfield, professor at the University of California, San Francisco, "we must 45 ask ourselves how the details we're working on fit into ...
A review of the essay "'Neuro Psychiatry' 1943: The Role of Documentary Film in the Dissemination of Medical Knowledge and Promotion of the U.K. Psychiatric Profession” by Edgar Jones, which appeared within the issue, is presented.Fangerau...
EIn the most shocking part of the book, Snowden describes — passionately, but with the skill of a great historian — how the retreating Nazi armies in Italy in 1943-44 deliberately caused a massive malaria epidemic in Lazio. It was "the only known example of biological warfare in 20thcentur...
Answer to: In 1943, the CPI was 17.4 and a gallon of gas cost $0.19. How much is this worth in terms of todays' dollars if the price index of today...
Challenge trials are forms of research where, rather than relying on data from natural infections, we intentionally expose someone to a disease in order to test the effectiveness of a vaccine or treatment. Things have changed a lot since Jenner’s time, of course, when it was not uncommon ...
今年年初的时候,Apple+上了一部他的新剧,叫作《空战群英》(Masters of the Air ),奥斯汀在剧中饰演飞行员,结果被中国网友调侃为“北美宋焰”,油得直冒泡。 不过有一说一,这部剧在豆瓣上的评分高达8.5分,画面质感一点都不输电影。听说最近很多沉迷表舅的宝子都想考古这部剧,那就一起来审判一下吧: ...
Harry sitting on a bench, unaware of someone in the bushes Harry Potter has returned to the Dursleys for the summer holiday in mid-1992, and things are very bad for him. Over the summer, the Dursleys have become so fearful of Harry's new-found magical abilities that they have locked ...
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the Go...
“The set of speech sounds we use has not necessarily remained stable since the appearance of human beings, but rather the huge variety of speech sounds that we find today is the product of a complex interplay of things like biological change and cultural evolution,” said Steven Moran, a ...