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Biology·Nature·Health·June 28, 2026
Wolbachia: the bacterium that bends sex and kills males
Wolbachia infects half the world's insects and hijacks their reproduction: it feminizes males, kills them off, and is now used to stop dengue.
6 min read
Etymology·Health·History·June 15, 2026
Nostalgia: The Word That Was a Medical Diagnosis
Nostalgia was born in 1688 as a deadly disease: a Swiss student invented it to name the illness suffered by soldiers who longed for their homeland.
3 min read
Curiosities·History·Health·June 13, 2026
Stockholm Syndrome Was Born to Silence a Hostage
The famous syndrome didn't come from a study: the police's own psychiatrist coined it to discredit a hostage who criticized him. It isn't in the DSM.
4 min read
Science & Tech·Health·Curiosities·June 12, 2026
The Doctor Who Toasted With Bacteria and Won a Nobel
Nobody believed a bacterium caused ulcers. Fed up, Barry Marshall drank a culture of it, made himself sick on purpose, and changed medicine.
3 min read