Health

Mercury: The Miracle Metal That Tries to Kill Everyone

July 7, 2026 by David T. Cloft

Mercury was once the miracle metal. Doctors prescribed it. Gold miners depended on it. Hat makers worked with it. NASA even launched it into space as the propellant for experimental ion engines. Then science caught up. The same liquid metal that advanced civilization was quietly attacking the human brain, poisoning rivers, and climbing the food chain. Mercury is a reminder that some of humanity’s greatest innovations come with a simple question we often ask too late: What if the miracle is actually the warning?

Defying Mr. Softee

August 23, 2025 by Greg Maresca

The award came with a certificate and two presidential-type emblems, one that could be sewed on to a dungaree jacket that was popular at the time and the other, a sticker. It was quite the booty for a Catholic grade school kid who yearly passed the Presidential Physical Fitness test a half century ago.

The Ethics of Withholding Information: When Ignorance Preserves Safety and Scientific Integrity

March 1, 2025 by David T. Cloft

The question of whether individuals should always be informed of the truth, particularly in medical, psychological, and experimental settings, is a complex ethical dilemma.

Daylight Saving Time: The Legacy of Old Retards and Their Clock-Tampering Chaos

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 by David T. Cloft

Every year, millions of people endure the biannual stupidity of Daylight Saving Time (DST), and we have a handful of historical geniuses to thank for this life-ruining ritual.

The Echoes of Comfortably Numb: Exploring Emotional Disconnect in Modern America

April 11, 2024 by David T. Cloft

In the vast landscape of music that transcends generations, Pink Floyd’s iconic song “Comfortably Numb” continues to resonate with listeners

How Dare They Accuse Biden of Hiding Something

May 12, 2022 by Michael Cavalier

The public has the right to know what the government is doing, especially if it is undermining fundamental rights.

We Need to be Healthy

April 24, 2022 by Maeve Wilder

This morning I woke up to sobbing coming from downstairs. My sweet foreign exchange student was speaking to her parents on the phone, crying. At first, I thought someone must have died. But, as I listened, I realized it wasn’t that. Her parents have decided they need to flee their country. She may very well …

7 Horrific Experiments U.S. Scientists Conducted on We The People

March 26, 2022October 24, 2021 by Ethan Imaap

The Stata Center at MIT is as whacky as the scientists working within. Unaltered image by Pablo Valerio/Wikimedia Commons

Let’s review: 1. 1858: New York prison systems administer shower baths to unruly “negro” prisoners. What’s a shower bath, you ask. It’s essentially waterboarding, but in a seated position. Torturers of old apparently lacked the finesse of today’s torturers, not understanding how backing off was more detrimental to the victim because of the lingering fear. …