The six pointed star represents peace and harmony in Buddhism, while alchemists believed it symbolized nature—how did the Star of David acquire its significance in Judaism?
The Jewish Doctor Who Said “No” to the Corset
Dr. Rahel Hirsch broke with mainstream convention and paved the way for the women who followed after. This is the story of the doctor who insisted that women’s health was about more than female genitalia.
Contagious Books: Epidemics in Literary Masterpieces
Coronavirus? We’ve seen it all before… A look at several plagues (both real and fictional) that were commemorated in literature over the years
No Friend of Bacteria: A Letter from Louis Pasteur
This is the story of a promising young student who became the “father of microbiology”, but it didn’t happen by accident; a personal tragedy spurred Louis Pasteur to search for cures for infectious diseases
Newton’s Temple
A brilliant scientist as well as a prophet of doom counting down to the End of Days. A gifted physicist and a messianic mystic. Isaac Newton was a man of many contradictions.
