It’s not terribly tasty, isn’t it? This cousin of cabbage finds its place on our plates because ’it is healthy.’ Indeed, a slew of scientific studies have proved that the effects of broccoli on our health are very positive. The most recent one, which garnered a lot of public attention, talks about the effects on …
A century or two ago, people used to sleep twice a night. In the evening, they would change into their pajamas, put on a nightcap and snuff out the candle. They would sleep for several hours and then they would get up in the middle of the night, light the candle and engage in some …
The name of Henrietta Lacks, a poor African-American woman from Virginia, has been inscribed in medical books because for decades now her “immortal” cells have been used for exceptionally important medical purposes. When a book was published, her name became globally known. Who was Henrietta Lacks? This African-American from a poor Virginia family, who had …