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Expert answers often come with jargon that can put you to sleep. News stories help, but misinformation tends to creep in now and then. Journalists can’t be expected to sort through scientific minutiae during a crisis. It’s up to us to figure out the truth. And as you read through this list, you…

While most people know of the ancient Egyptian practice of mummification, the process can occur naturally. It’s rare, but every so often, a corpse will lay in the right conditions, and many years later, they’re found. These naturally-occurring mummies have revealed numerous details about the lives…

It is an inherent fact that mankind has been committing criminal acts since before there were even words for the crimes themselves. Whether the behavior is a product of genetic disposition or environmental factors, humans are capable of horrendous feats that defy logical comprehension. It is often…

Although the branding of human beings is usually associated with marking people in such a way as to indicate the ownership of them, branding has been used for other purposes as well. We may guess, perhaps, that these purposes could include punishment, but branding’s other uses might elude many of…