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In 1844, Horace Wells watched a laughing-gas stunt hide pain in plain sight, and it wasn’t just a party trick: It changed anesthesiaPicture the year 1844: a dentist named Horace Wells observes a surreal scene where a man inhaling nitrous oxide, famed for inducing laughte...- Quote of the Day by Legendary Roman poet Horace: “Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor” — Inspiring lessons on truth, time, human perception and why nothing in life is constant by the historical figure known for Carpe diem phraseQuote of the Day by Horace: Horace’s quote, “Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining ...
- Teacher Appreciation Week 2026 Deals: Free meals, big discounts and why it matters more than everNational Teacher Appreciation Week 2026 offers numerous deals and freebies for educators from May 4-8. Many businesses, including Chipotle,...
- Quote of the Day by Helen Keller: 'Although the world is full of suffering, it is...'—Helen Keller’s timeless reminder that strength can rise from sufferingQuote of the Day: Helen Keller's life, marked by blindness and deafness from infancy, became a testament to resilience. Her journey, guided...
- Quote of the day by H. Jackson Brown Jr: "The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today."H. Jackson Brown Jr.’s quote teaches that success starts with daily effort. The message says that instead of worrying about the future, peo...
- Janhvi Kapoor's eating style impresses gastro doctor. Dr Pal explains why the actress' eating habit fixes overeatingGastroenterologist Dr. Pal Manickam highlights the importance of chewing food thoroughly. This practice, popularized by Horace Fletcher, ai...
- What's gone horribly wrong with the US college admission systemApplicants have more anxiety than ever. Elite schools have more power than ever. Something had to give.
- View: Something is rotten in the happiest state of FinlandDiscontent is growing in Finland. Earlier this month, a Finns Party MP was ejected from a music festival because of his letter to a newspap...
- Oh, to be walled in with these preciousss papers!Starting from Sicily, he took in the whole of Europe, proceeded to America, and from there to Japan and China, finally returning to India v...
- In an emotional tribute, Horace Panter talks about Terry Hall's final daysHorace Panter – the bassist for The Specials band, has offered a heartfelt remembrance of his late bandmate, describing his final weeks bat...
- Plastic prices hit record high to stoke inflation concernsEven before the freeze, the industry was struggling to rebound from back-to-back hurricanes last year, meaning the supply shortfalls will h...
- Reversion to mean! Do midcaps, largecaps actually fare same way?Just a couple of years ago, there was a lot of optimism about midcap stocks.
- Is Tim Cook a better Apple CEO than Steve Jobs?It’s almost heretical to say that there’s someone greater than Jobs but a new biography argues that his successor is not just a better team...
- Gandhi’s Ram was in his heart. He did not need a big temple: Ramachandra GuhaNoted author Ramachandra Guha speaks about his new book on Gandhi's life from the time he leaves Cape Town in July 1914 to his assassinatio...
- FIFA World Cup 2014: Jamaican football official roots for EnglandHorace Burrell, a long-time FIFA official, is rooting for England, given its contingent of players with Jamaican heritage.
- Samsung's marketing splurge doesn't always bring bang-for-buckSamsung is expected to spend around $14 bn - more than Iceland's GDP - on advertising and marketing this year, but it doesn't always get va...
- Apple missing on 2.8 million iphone customers due to conditions imposed on service providersBefore getting on board with Apple, new carriers must weigh the company’s requirements, such as guaranteeing a minimum sales tally.
- Excellence in action is applying your ‘Truths’A Sanskrit adage notes that knowledge without application is useless. This is similar to the Biblical concept of ‘faith and works’
- Timely and also effective actionIt is not just enough to ‘act while there yet is time’. It is also necessary to combine such action with the needed intelligence, effective...
- For Manhattan's kids, it's school@homeTiffany Wheeler is 16, lives in an apartment overlooking Lincoln Center and doesn’t attend one of New York City’s elite private schools.
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