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Tuberculosis was an incurable disease, before antibiotics. Tuberculosis patients flocked to arid climates looking for cures and, if not, at least a good death. “La Miseria” by Cristobal Rojas (1886). Rojas was suffering from tuberculosis when he painted this, depicting the sufferings of the debilitating disease. The city that benefitted the most from this tuberculosis rush was Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs was founded in 1871. The city has abundant sunshine year-round, averaging more than 250 sunny days per year....

Comedian Caleb Hearon is probably my favorite personon Twitter. How did you eat when you were traveling across the country in the middle of a pandemic? The best meal we had was when we went from Colorado to Utah in one day. We had a nice Airbnb, so we looked up a bunch of places before we got there. That was really nice. The scary thing was in Utahat least the part that we were inthe place waspacked....

Usually, the choices are pretty straightforwardkids either go to school to learn, or they are homeschooled. Usually,at least one of these two basic options fits with your familys lifestyle or your childs needs. A learningwhat-now? Many schools will open to in-person learning in the fall but will also offer a virtual option. Many of the parents in the group work from home and just really need stability and safety. Class will be at a...

Well, aside fromdeactivating your Twitter account, that is. What the hell happened to Twitter? Twitter really,reallymessed up this time around. Theres no question there. Let me rephrase: Successful scam messages. Come on, people.) Is there anything I can do to prevent this kind of an attack? Im less interested inthestorybehind the hack than the aftereffects. It was that severe. Deleting Twitter is certainly one option, but it doesnt feel like the best option....

On 10 February 1355, the entire town was celebrating the feast day of Saint Scholastica. But by afternoon, some 2,000 men from the countryside had broken through the gates. The men raided all hostels and inns and either killed or maimed any student found. The carnage continued the next day. The students suffered the most with more than sixty dead, although some historians put the figure at forty. Casualties among the townspeople was no lesser....

Nintendo, I love you, but youre the worst company in the world for product updates. That shouldnt be a problem for most people, especially if youve recently saved your progress. Otherwise, checking for (and installing) a Nintendo Switch update is easy. If an update is available, youll be prompted to download and install it. Otherwise, youll see a screen that looks like this: Thats it, right? Did you forget to tune up your Joy-Cons, too?...

Teenagers have a reputation as being a little moody or withdrawn, particularly with their parents. The teenage years should have their fair share of eye-rolling and door-slamming at ones clueless, annoying parents. Its a rite of passage; what goes around, comes around, etc. There is a lot to unpack. Overall, she is a great, cool kid, very smart and athletic and personable. She does enjoy being around her teammates but thats it....

But there is hardly anything left of it. Already then, a colonnade avenue was built, which was practically destroyed in the year 115. Apamea and other cities were completely destroyed. Trajan ordered immediate reconstruction, starting with the imposing colonnade, whose construction spanned the entire second century. The avenue is oriented on the north-south axis of the city, following thecardo maximus. Location of Apamea in Syria. The inner street was 20.79 meters wide and paved with large polygonal stones....

This premise is often explored humorously in cartoons and in movies. Watercolor of a stegosaurus byKatrine Glazkova/Shutterstock.com In 1982, Larson drew a comic depicting a prehistoric classroom. A caveman is giving a lecture to an audience of other cavemen. Before them is a large image of a stegosaurs tail. But the thagomizer itself is real. It turns out that this arrangement of spikes at the tip of a stegosauruss tail had no formal name....

It carried no active communication components, no relays. Just two FM transmitters for telemetry purposes, powered by nickel-cadmium batteries charged by solar cells. The satellite achieved its purpose by passively reflecting any radio signal directed towards its large shiny surface. For eight years it relayed radio and television signals, and made intercontinental telephone calls possible. The best part wasany individual with the right equipment could use the satellite at no cost....

Not everyone hasor wantsa mentor. Here is what to ask your mentor to help you learn essential life lessons. You may benefit even more from hearing about the mistakes they made and what they learned from them. To discover more about that aspect of their lives or careers, consider the following questions: 1. Whats a big mistake youve made that youd want others to avoid repeating? Whats your strategy for overcoming failure?...

So you like bold coffee, but all you have at home is a bag of light-roast beans. To clarify, were talking about strongerflavor, not more caffeine. Also, note that the easiest way to gain more control over your coffee is to use a scale. If you dont have one,get one. Here are a few ways to do it. Broadly, coffee beans are roasted light, medium or dark. Darker roasts are oilier, and the flavor reflects the roast more than the bean....

We were trying to survive. And now were in the Summer Limbo of Hell, bracing for what fall might bring. Fall is a new school year, not the wrapping up of an old one. Fall is new teachers and new expectations. Its more advanced curriculum. They need to go to school, and yet its not safe. Their elderly relatives do. But even having thechoiceis a privilege that most parents dont have....