Forty Years of ‘Bad Blood’: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
In 1932, the United States Public Health Service (PHS) approved an unethically-conducted syphilis study that involved six hundred poor African-American men at Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute. Many...
View ArticleMitch: Catastrophe in Honduras, October 1998
The night of October 29, 1998 was a particularly horrible night for the citizens of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Bridges, hospitals, factories, and prisons were demolished.1 During a period of thirty-six...
View ArticleNuclear Health Decline: How the Disaster of Chernobyl Affected the Peoples’...
On April 25, 1986 in the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union, Dr. Valentin Belokon was just getting back to his office from tending to a person that had...
View ArticleThe Wonder Drug of the Twentieth Century: Penicillin
People all over the world began calling it a wonder drug. Penicillin. The discovery of penicillin became a gateway for more transformative discoveries. But shockingly, to our surprise, the discovery...
View ArticleThe 2014 Ebola outbreak: A country’s nightmare
Nurse Nina Pham arrived at Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas for her regular shift. The patient that she was assigned to take care of was named Thomas Duncan. Little did...
View ArticlePersistence is Key: The New, New Orleans.
With its blends of French, Spanish, German, African, Irish, and Native American influence, Louisiana is very culturally diverse. Folk tales, spicy food, Jazz music, and its swampy perimeter come...
View ArticleThe Quest to Prove the Existence of Nessie The Loch Ness Monster
Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater lake in the Scottish Highlands, approximately 23 kilometres southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 52 feet above sea level and has a surface area of 35...
View ArticleWhat Really Happened To The Infamous Roanoke Colony?
As you are coming to the end of your long journey, you’re overwhelmed with the idea that you’ll be home soon, accompanied by warm, familiar faces. However, when you return...
View ArticleChristopher Columbus and his discovery of the New World
The voyage and expedition that changed the world forever was captained by the adventurous Christopher Columbus. Our story begins with him as a young lad, who had a heart for...
View ArticleIf there was no animal research, there would be no cure
Many people may not know this, but animal research has played an important role in almost every major medical advancement of the last century. The list includes antibiotics, blood transfusions,...
View ArticleDrought: A Society’s Last Call For Help
It’s an Apocalypse! It’s a Nuclear Bomb! It’s a World-wide Pandemic! No. It’s Global Warming! Well, you might just be right. How might the world end? Climate change could well...
View ArticleThe Race For Space: “We choose to go to the Moon”
The United States is the greatest country on the planet. While we don’t always win (Vietnam War), we do always prevail (back to back World War champions). But our venture...
View ArticleThe Paris Agreement: A Historic Climate Accord
On June 1, 2017, American President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.1 The Paris agreement originally came from the negotiations at the...
View ArticleNicaragua’s Inter-Oceanic Canal: Win or Loss?
Back in the early 1900s, the United States seriously considered using the Central American country of Nicaragua for the construction of a canal—a groundbreaking development, connecting the Atlantic and...
View ArticleThe Johnstown Flood of 1889: A Preventable Disaster
What comes to mind when you hear the word “geology”? Do you think of a scientist in a lab coat? Do you envision an explorer on some mountain top? Does...
View ArticleShe Sells Seashells by the Seashore: The Story of Mary Anning
A storm was brewing over the little town of Lyme Regis in Dorset, England, also commonly referred to as the Jurassic Coast. Along the coast we find a young girl,...
View ArticlePort Royal: Wickedest City in the World
Today, Port Royal, Jamaica is a small isolated fishing village with little left standing to remind any visitors of the grandeur of Port Royal’s wicked past. Frequently the subject of...
View ArticleMeriwether Lewis, Revenant of the Western Oddyssey
It is the year 1804, and your leader is Captain Meriwether Lewis, front runner of the Corps of Discovery appointed by President Thomas Jefferson himself. Fueled by his hatred for...
View ArticleThe Immortal Woman: Henrietta Lacks
It was January 29, 1951 when Henrietta Lacks found herself walking into the “colored” section of Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital. An African-American mother of five, she was only thirty years...
View ArticleThe Secret Pneumatic Subway: Beach vs Tweed
Although it only lasted one year, in 1789, New York City was once celebrated as the first capital of the United States. Today, the city is recognized by many today...
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