I did not plan to spend my evening reading old history archives, but the university library makes it easy to wander into centuries you never meant to visit. One record led to another, and before long I was deep inside stories from a time when people were treated differently because…
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Odd and Beautiful!
There’s something very reassuring about being “normal.” Normal people wake up at reasonable hours, eat sensible breakfasts, maintain well-behaved hobbies, and rarely insert sharp objects into their own eyes. But if history has taught us anything, it’s that the people who changed our understanding of the world were rarely tidy,…
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The Night That Created Frankenstein: Storms, Genius, Tragedy, and Why I’m Finally Ready to Watch the New Netflix Adaptation
Every once in a while, a story rises quietly from the corners of literary history and taps me on the shoulder. Lately, it has been Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, especially now that Netflix has released a new adaptation starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi. I see it everywhere. Numerous bloggers have spoken…
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When Scientists Weren’t Nerds: An Unexpected Discovery
Recently, I found myself revisiting some of my favourite scientific personalities. It began, as it often does, with Richard Feynman. His book Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman! has always been one of those rare reads that makes science feel playful. Instead of the stiff, socially withdrawn image we often associate with scientists,…