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Was Robin Hood A Real Person?

We all know the story of Robin Hood. The ballads tell of a bold Robin Hood born and bred in merry Nottinghamshire, whose father was a forester who was excellent with the arrow. Robin grew up, donned his Lincoln green outfit, and took to being an outlaw with deadly accuracy with the arrow, before win

The Robin Hood Myth - Milton Friedman's Theory

State social programs help the poor at the expense of the rich - or so one might think. The economist Milton Friedman called this the Robin Hood myth. As an example, he cited state-funded higher education, pointing out that people from upper-middle-class families often benefit the most, while low-in

Dark Medicine – Semmelweis

Today, medicine is seen as an authority and a sacred institution. But like any institution, it has a dark past. The story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis shows how medicine was terribly wrong and how the poor judgment of the doctors cost many women their lives. In 19th-century Vienna, the young doctor was r

Harvesting cells to produce biopharmaceuticals

The expansion of the Merck Serono Biotech Center in the Swiss town of Corsier-sur-Vevey has made it one of the world's largest and most technologically advanced production facilities for biopharmaceuticals. What is behind all of this — and why is Merck investing in a high-wage country like Switzerla

Cold Sweat (1970 film)

Cold Sweat is a 1970 French-Italian international co-production starring Charles Bronson and directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1959 novel Ride the Nightmare by Richard Matheson. It was filmed in and around Beaulieu-sur-Mer. An American (Charles Bronson) living in France must face his pa

Can Animals Talk? - the linguistics behind animal language

Is language just for humans? Do other animals speak? Take a few minutes to explore animal communication with me. Aristotle may snip humans off from rest of the Animal Kingdom, but animals do communicate with each other. Ants leave pheromone trails, bees perform information-rich waggle dances, birds