It is a middle school math teacher’s favorite trivia question: What is the world’s deadliest animal? After images of a hunting tiger or towering gorilla flash through our imagination, we remember that it is the humble mosquito, whose terrible imp...
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It is a middle school math teacher’s favorite trivia question: What is the world’s deadliest animal? After images of a hunting tiger or towering gorilla flash through our imagination, we remember that it is the humble mosquito, whose terrible imp...
Imagine an elephant walking down 5th Avenue in New York City, crushing cabs under its enormous hooves as “hardened” New Yorkers run for their lives. A rather unusual image, is it not? With the exception of a mass breakout from the Bronx Zoo, this...
Imagine an elephant walking down 5th Avenue in New York City, crushing cabs under its enormous hooves as “hardened” New Yorkers run for their lives. A rather unusual image, is it not? With the exception of a mass breakout from the Bronx Zoo, this...
As violence continues to plague war-torn South Sudan, even after efforts at ceasefires, refugees continue to pour out of the world’s newest country into the surrounding region. To date, up to 2 million displaced individuals have sought sanctuary in...
As violence continues to plague war-torn South Sudan, even after efforts at ceasefires, refugees continue to pour out of the world’s newest country into the surrounding region. To date, up to 2 million displaced individuals have sought sanctuary in...
The most lethal creature on this earth is, surprisingly, the tiny mosquito — more specifically, the malarial plasmodium parasites that mosquitoes can transmit. Malaria, a terrible disease that affects hundreds of millions of people (particularly ch...
The most lethal creature on this earth is, surprisingly, the tiny mosquito — more specifically, the malarial plasmodium parasites that mosquitoes can transmit. Malaria, a terrible disease that affects hundreds of millions of people (particularly ch...