It was St. Blaise Day, when Catholics go to church to get their throats blessed. St. Blaise (San Blas in Mexico, Saint-Blaise in Canada) is the patron saint of throat ailments—everything from the odd fish bone to spasmodic dysphonia, which […]
In a first-of-its-kind discovery, a death adder has been found with three super-sharp, venomous fangs, instead of the usual two. “This is something we’ve never seen before,” Billy Collett, park manager at the Australian Reptile Park, where the snake lives,
A string of deadly tornadoes, violent dust storms and fast-moving wildfires ripped across several midwestern and southern U.S. states over the weekend, leaving at least 42 people dead, according to CNN. Many of the deaths have occurred outside Tornado Alley,
Later this week, the Trump administration may impose travel restrictions on citizens from dozens of countries, supposedly because of security concerns. According to early reports, one of the countries on the “red” list, from which all travel would be banned,
A pair of NASA astronauts stuck aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for more than nine months will return to Earth on Tuesday (March 18) at the earliest, NASA has said. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will depart the
The Ottomans launch another siege against the city of Belgrade. In this episode of Bow & Blade, Kelly and Michael explore how Suleiman the Magnificent and his forces ultimately achieved victory. See also the previous episode on the Siege of
On Saturday, March 29, two weeks after a total lunar eclipse was visible to all of North America, skywatchers will be treated to a spectacular event that has not been seen from anywhere since last October: a solar eclipse. During
The U.S. has a lot of leverage over trade—but using it is not as simple as it seems. Illustration by Jonelle Afurong / The Atlantic; Sources: anucha sirivisansuwan / Getty; duncan1890 / Getty March 17, 2025, 9:35 AM ET The
In late 2024, shortly before a ceasefire curbed the violence in Gaza, I was on a monthlong medical mission to Al-Aqsa Hospital, in central Gaza, lending my emergency-medicine expertise to local doctors. Most of these doctors were displaced themselves, their
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