Imagine a pandemic that spread across the world, causing death and disability to hundreds of thousands of people. Having lived through COVID-19, this isn’t too difficult a task. But there was one big ...

"People have forgotten what life is all about," Robert De Niro's character says in the film "Awakenings" after being revived from the shut-down state he had been in for 30 years. "They've forgotten ...

During the early 1900s, doctors encountered a disease so unusual that, even today, it remains difficult to fully explain. The illness, known as "encephalitis lethargica," appeared suddenly and ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...