Greek Toe: When the second toe is longer than the big toe. Venus de Milo has it, Leonardo de Vinci’s Vitruvian man has it, Michelangelo’s David has it. Are you one of the 15–20 percent of the population to have it; a Greek toe, or foot, medically known as Morton’s toe? If so, in ancient […]

She discovered what determines whether you’re born male or female—then history erased her name from the textbooks. Meet Nettie Stevens. A name you should know, but probably don’t. In 1905, in a cramped laboratory at Bryn Mawr College, Nettie Stevens peered through her microscope at mealworm cells and saw something no human had ever seen […]

“A few weeks ago, on a particularly cold and damp day, my husband Adam spent hours outside at my mom’s house trying to cut up a massive tree that was badly damaged in a storm. Because my mother’s home is at the corner of a 4 way intersection, there is a lot of visibility of […]

When I’m an old lady, I’ll live with each kid, And bring so much happiness just as they did. I want to pay back all the joy they’ve provided. Returning each deed! Oh, they’ll be so excited! When I’m an old lady and live with my kids. I’ll write on the walls with reds, whites […]