World War II was not only the most destructive war in human history but also the most pharmacologically enhanced. It was literally sped up by speed| TIME
The book is still A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression, recommended to us by reader Phil Wagner, and Part I of the review is here. Condescension, Means Testing, and Infinite Bu…| SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD
[Previously in this series: Predictions for 2050, A Few More Predictions for 2050] Happy New Year to all! Welcome to 1922, and welcome back to our column, Slime of the Times. Last year Professor Er…| SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD
I. The United States used to introduce new constitutional amendments all the time. But after the 26th Amendment in 1971, we stopped coming up with new amendments and haven’t added any since. …| SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD
By Anne Garner, Curator, Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health This is one of several posts leading up to our day-long Eating Through Time Festival on October 17, 2015, a celebration…| Books, Health and History
I. Maciej Cegłowski’s essay Scott And Scurvy is one of the most interesting things we’ve ever read. We keep coming back to it — and we hope to write more about it in the future — but today we…| SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD
We recently wrote a post about Maciej Cegłowski’s essay Scott And Scurvy, a fascinating account of how the cure for scurvy was discovered, lost, and then by incredible chance, discovered again. At …| SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD