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The last known Tasmanian tiger in captivity. It is hoped that this new research will be able to resurrect the extinct marsupial. Source: Unknown Author / Public Domain.

21 OCT 2024 · 3 MIN

The Tasmanian Tiger: The Long Journey to Resurrect an Icon

The Tasmanian Tiger is one of the most famous extinct animals. Also known as the thylacine, it survived well into the modern era and we even have film footage of a living…

A coin from Cyrene depicting silphium: the plant, which only grew locally to the city, became its chief export. Source: ArchaiOptix / CC BY-SA 4.0.

23 SEP 2024 · 6 MIN

Silphium: Can We Rediscover the Roman Wonder Drug?

Cure-alls are, generally speaking, never what they claim. Most medical wonder drugs are nothing of the sort, and snake oil salesmen have existed throughout history, prospering as long as there are people…