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I felt a bit nervous this morning as I went to the pharmacy with my prescription. It was the first time since I got diabetes two and a half years ago that I would pay for insulin. I lost my Czech medical insurance, which also…

When Frederick Banting discovered insulin in 1921, he refused to put his name on the patent. He felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a discovery that saved lives. Co-inventors James Collip and Charles Best later sold the insulin patent to the…

I've been reading Ken Liu's The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, which is overall a wonderful experience. There's a story in it about a girl whose soul sits in an ice cube. She's terrified that it will melt, so every night before going to bed,…

I have the flu. Or at least something similar that left me in bed with splitting headaches and fever for the past four days. I'm not sure how I managed, considering the lock-down where I don't see anyone and my only social outings are trips…

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality. Charles de Gaulle once asked how you can govern a country that has more than 246 varieties of cheese. He seemed to do alright. Cheese is not only a good source of protein, but it's also excellent when you're…