January, Janus

The Hidden Meaning of the New Year The Jesuits and a particular Jesuit named Christopher Clavius would write, design and create the calendar that we use today, called the Gregorian calendar introduced in 1582 by Clavius and Pope Gregory XIII. Now they also put a another holiday on that calendar called April Fool’s Day..why? Well… Continue reading January, Janus

Germ Theory vs Terrain Theory

“Louis Pasteur was a French chemist-turned-microbiologist, who proved the existence of microbes in air. His pioneering studies laid the foundation for the modern-day understanding of diseases, their etiology as well as vaccine development.” How that quotation is interpreted—whether as high praise or condemnation—depends on the perspective. Pasteur was not the only scientist who delved into the… Continue reading Germ Theory vs Terrain Theory