by Ann Beach | May 29, 2026 | Medicine
No, this is not an essay about emissions, or seatbelts, or fatal car accidents. It’s something more unexpected and surprising. First (You know me by now.), we need a little history lesson. In July 1976, (Happy Bicentennial!), there was a convention of 4000 people-...
by Ann Beach | May 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Fishermen used to chop up starfish, trying to get rid of them. Little did they know, if you cut a starfish into bits, any piece that retains part of the central hub will regrow into a whole new starfish! Lizards and amphibians can drop their tail if they need to...
by Ann Beach | May 14, 2026 | Medicine
Are you wearing glasses or contacts to read this? If so, join the 75% of American adults who need some type of vision correction. Of that 75%, 64% wear prescription glasses. That means that almost 200 million Americans use glasses to see well. Only 15% of us who need...
by Ann Beach | May 1, 2026 | Medicine
Last time, when I wrote about Wilbur Wright’s dental problems, I happened upon information so unexpected and interesting that I knew I had to tell you about it! Waterloo Teeth! First, we need to talk a bit about cavities and the history of dentistry. Cavities have...
by Ann Beach | Apr 22, 2026 | Medicine
Winter, 1885, on an icy pond in Ohio, in the middle of a hockey game, Oliver, a 15-year-old neighborhood bully, whacked 17-year-old Wilbur in the face with his hockey stick. Nobody is sure if it was an accident or on purpose. (Wilbur’s dad’s diary says, Oliver “threw...
