The Fugate family's intermarriage amplified a recessive gene's presence causing the condition known as cyanosis - the blueing of the skin.
Deeper Shade of Blue: The Science of the Blue Fugates
Category: biology
Tainted Water: Legionnaires’ Disease at Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
In 1976, an unknown bacterial disease killed 24 Legioneers at a conference in Philadelphia. What was this mysterious disease and where did it come from?
The Faceless Killer: Unmasking the Mystery of The Phantom of Heilbronn
From 1993 to 2009, the German, Austrian and French police forces had a problem. There was a woman, moving around all of their countries, committing crimes from everything from burglaries to multiple murders.
The British Doctor’s Study: The Link Between Smoking and Lung Cancer
In science, you often hear the phrase 'correlation does not equal causation'. It is a ubiquitous line in science that often requires a lot of explaining. One of the best ways to demonstrate correlation vs causation is a website by Tyler Vigen called Spurious Correlations. For example (see below), as the US government spends on… Continue reading The British Doctor’s Study: The Link Between Smoking and Lung Cancer
Density of Ice and Water: A Very Different Life on Earth
Life on Earth is always an interesting topic. It often does centre around Biology and how evolution forms a prehistoric prokaryote mutating and evolving into the wide array of life that we see on Earth, but Physics plays its part. Specifically, with density. The phenomenon of the density of water is responsible for life on… Continue reading Density of Ice and Water: A Very Different Life on Earth
From Neglect to Outbreak: The Tragic Story of Hepatitis at Willowbrook School
Today we look at science as the bastion of doing the right thing. Yes, there are certain recent developments that have questionable ethics, but after the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki human experimentation has since centred around 'informed consent'. The history of science has a dark past but if it wasn't for these past atrocities, significantly… Continue reading From Neglect to Outbreak: The Tragic Story of Hepatitis at Willowbrook School
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