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Long COVID is not a single illness, but a complex, fluctuating, and poorly understood condition.Long COVID affects millions, yet it remains a diagnostic puzzle without a definitive lab test. Symptoms can emerge, vanish, and return over years, often mimicking other chronic co…
Long COVID symptoms are unprecedented and can persist for many years after initial infectionLong COVID remains a medical mystery with no known cure, yet it affects millions of people. From debilitating fatigue and brain fog to heart palpitations and hair loss, the condit…
Long division, the bus stop sum, took centuries to reach its classroom formDividing 500 by 4 on paper feels like a timeless chore, yet the method schoolchildren learn was set down by Henry Briggs around 1600. Its bracket, nicknamed the bus stop, only too…
Long fieldwork reveals the gap between what people say and doA one-off survey can return neat, consistent answers. Spend months or years living alongside a community, though, and the contradictions surface: the official rules on one side, a…
Long Spring became Manchukuo's capital then China's DetroitChangchun, capital of Jilin on the Songliao Plain, is a sub-provincial Chinese city of 9,066,906 people in the 2020 census, with over five million in the metro core. Meaning long …
Long track is 400 metres; short track packs chaos into 111Speed skating races timed distances on ice in three main families: long-track, short-track and marathon. The International Skating Union, founded in 1892 as the first winter-sport…
Long working hours are linked to depression and unhealthy lifestyle changesA study of 3,830 adult workers found that moving from standard to long work hours is associated with significant health risks. Researchers observed that for women, these extended …
Long-beards walked from the Elbe to rule half of ItalyLatin Langobardi—often explained as long beards—named a Germanic people who left northern homes, paused on the Middle Danube, then conquered much of Italy between 568 and 774. Alb…
Long-haired Frankish kings lost power to palace mayorsMerovingians ruled the Franks from the mid-fifth century until Pepin the Short took the crown in 751. Named for Merovech, father of Childeric I, they were the long-haired kings, a…
Long-necked and short-necked plesiosaurs “flew” through Mesozoic seasPlesiosaurs were Mesozoic marine reptiles of Sauropterygia, appearing by the latest Triassic (possibly Rhaetian, about 203 million years ago). Broad bodies, short tails, and four …
Longer intervals between vaccine doses may improve overall protectionResearchers analyzing four clinical trials found that the timing between doses of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine significantly impacts its effectiveness. While a single dose provided…
Longevity research: where the frontier standsLongevity research explores scientific methods to end aging through genomics and cell therapy, alongside a lucrative global industry of anti-aging products like supplements and ho…
Longfellow was America’s most popular poet of his dayHenry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) wrote Paul Revere’s Ride, The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline, teaching at Bowdoin and later Harvard. Musical lyric narratives of myth and …
Longline fishing uses thousands of baited hooks to catch fish across the open ocean.Longline fishing is a massive commercial operation that deploys miles of line and thousands of hooks to target species like tuna and swordfish. While efficient, this technique is …
Longnan: The Ancient Gateway Where the Qin Dynasty’s Ancestors Once RoamedKnown as the southern gateway to Gansu, Longnan is a prefecture-level city defined by its dramatic geography and deep historical roots. From the Qinba Mountains to the Tibetan Pla…
Longshot is a genetically engineered hero whose existence is defined by the metaphysics of luck.Created by Ann Nocenti and Arthur Adams in 1985, Longshot is an amnesiac fugitive from the dystopian Mojoworld. He possesses the uncanny ability to manipulate probability, ensurin…
Longtime colleagues Emily Graslie and Michael Aranda face off in a science quiz match.SciShow hosts Emily Graslie and Michael Aranda compete in a quiz show grudge match. This video highlights their years of collaboration and features questions inspired by the Monta…
Longyan: A Strategic Gateway Forged from Two Distinct Cultures in Western FujianLongyan is a modern administrative creation, merging two culturally separate groups: the urban Hoklo people and the rural Hakka peasantry. Despite this forced union, the city has …
Loni: A historic Mughal outpost now grappling with the world's most polluted airOnce a strategic Mughal pargana known for its salt-rich soil and fortified defenses, Loni has transformed into a critical transit hub for the National Capital Region. Today, this …
Lonnie Frisbee: The Hippie Prophet Who Ignited Two Major Evangelical MovementsLonnie Frisbee, a self-described seeing prophet with a bohemian aesthetic, was the charismatic spark behind the Jesus Movement. He catalyzed the explosive growth of Calvary Chapel…
Look-alike wild mushrooms can kill days after a quiet mealMost mushroom poisonings start with foragers mistaking toxic look-alikes for edible species by colour and shape. Outcomes range from brief gut misery to organ failure and death ab…
Looking Into the PastFollowing light outward from the Moon to a distant quasar shows that looking across space also means looking back in time.
Looney Tunes began as ads for Warner’s music catalogBefore Bugs Bunny ruled theaters, Warner Bros. wanted cartoons that sold sheet music. In 1929, after buying Brunswick Records and publishers for twenty-eight million dollars, the …
Loons fly a thousand kilometres—yet stumble on landFeet set far aft make loons superb underwater hunters and clumsy walkers, so they visit shore mainly to mate and nest. Satellite tags have logged single-day flights up to 1,078 ki…
Lopinavir-ritonavir treatment shows no significant benefit for severe Covid-19 patientsA randomized controlled trial of 199 hospitalized adults with severe Covid-19 found that the drug combination lopinavir-ritonavir did not improve recovery times compared to standa…
Lorain’s Nobel novelist who began with The Bluest EyeToni Morrison (1931–2019), born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Bluest Eye (1970) opened a career crowned by Song of Solomon (1977 National Book…
Lorca wanted to be a composer before he became Spain's poetFederico García Lorca (1898–1936) led Spain's Generation of '27 with Andalusian ballads and experimental theatre. He dreamed first of a life in music, turned to writing only after…
Lord Acton judged a country's freedom by how safe its minorities feltThe Victorian historian John Dalberg-Acton proposed a blunt yardstick: the surest test of whether a country is truly free is the security its minorities enjoy. It is one of many c…
Lord Byron’s wandering hero became a cultural icon that defined the Romantic era’s restless spirit.Published between 1812 and 1818, Lord Byron’s long narrative poem captured the disillusionment of a generation exhausted by the Napoleonic Wars. Through the travels of a cynical, …
Lord Chancellor who died refusing Henry’s churchSir Thomas More (1478–1535), Renaissance humanist, lawyer, and Henry VIII’s Lord Chancellor (1529–1532), wrote Utopia and fought Reformation theology. He refused to accept Henry a…
Lord Curzon crossed Asia in a metal corset before governing IndiaA riding accident in his teens left George Curzon strapped into a metal brace for life. It did not slow him down. Between 1887 and 1895 he roamed Russia, Persia, the Far East and …
Lord Dunsany: The Aristocratic Fantasy Pioneer Who Wrote Entire Books Without Ever EditingLord Dunsany was a towering figure of the Irish Literary Revival, a chess master, and a soldier who laid the groundwork for modern fantasy. Remarkably, he produced over 90 books i…
Lord Kelvin became a Glasgow professor at 22 and stayed for 53 yearsWilliam Thomson began university at ten, took a professor's chair at 22, and pinned absolute zero near minus 273.15 degrees Celsius. Along the way he helped lay the transatlantic …
Lord Kelvin located absolute zero with a footnote calculationIn 1848 William Thomson, later Lord Kelvin, published a temperature scale that did not work out. Tucked into a footnote, though, he calculated the coldest possible temperature at …
Lord Kelvin's idea that atoms were knots spurred the first knot tablesIn the 1860s Lord Kelvin proposed that atoms were knots tied in the aether. That theory pushed Peter Guthrie Tait to build the first tables classifying knots, and the mathematics …
Lord Mansfield rode a pony 54 days to school and later reshaped English lawAt 13, William Murray set off alone from Perth to London on a pony his father gave him, a journey of some 400 miles that took 54 days. As Lord Mansfield he became the most powerfu…
Lord Novgorod the Great elected princes until Moscow said stopFrom the twelfth to fifteenth centuries, the Novgorod Republic—formally Lord Novgorod the Great—spanned Gulf of Finland to Urals. After deposing their prince in 1136, citizens use…
Lord Rayleigh found tarnished old glass let through more light than newIn 1886 Lord Rayleigh noticed something odd: slightly tarnished pieces of old glass transmitted more light than clean new ones. The dull film sat between air and glass in refracti…
Lord Stanley’s trophy was a ten-guinea rose bowl, not a purpose-built championship cup.Commissioned in 1892, the Stanley Cup began as a decorative silver rose bowl purchased in London for ten guineas. It was never intended to be a permanent league trophy, but rather…
Loren’s Italian-language Oscar cracked Hollywood’s ruleSofia Villani Scicolone—Sophia Loren—was born in Rome on 20 September 1934. For Two Women (1960), Vittorio De Sica’s Cesira won her Best Actress: the first Oscar ever given for a …
Lorenzo the Magnificent ended a war by walking into his enemy's courtAfter a papal-backed plot killed his brother in Florence's cathedral in 1478, Lorenzo de' Medici faced excommunication and a Neapolitan invasion. His solution was audacious: he tr…
Lorestan: The mountainous Iranian province where ancient bronze-making and tribal defiance collideNestled in the rugged Zagros Mountains, Lorestan is a land defined by its deep history and fierce independence. From the ancient Kassites who once ruled Babylonia to nomadic tribe…
Loretta Lynn won a wristwatch on TV, and a record label was bornA Canadian named Norm Burley watched a young coal miner's daughter win a wristwatch on a televised talent contest in Tacoma, Washington, and co-founded a record company on the str…- Lorna Dane’s magnetic powers are only part of her complex and often tragic historyLorna Dane, known as Polaris, is a mutant with the ability to manipulate magnetism. While she is the daughter of the powerful Magneto, her life has been defined by repeated trauma…
Lorne Cardinal: A Trailblazing Career From Cree Roots to National Television StardomBorn on a Sucker Creek First Nation reserve, Lorne Cardinal became the first Indigenous student to earn a B.F.A. in acting from the University of Alberta. From his iconic role as …
Lorne Malvo is a psychopathic hitman who views human society as a fragile ruse.Lorne Malvo, the central antagonist of the television series Fargo, is a methodical hitman who operates with a chilling, predatory philosophy. He views social norms as artificial …
Lorne Michaels doubted John Belushi would suit Saturday Night Live until one auditionJohn Belushi was in the very first sketch Saturday Night Live ever aired, in October 1975, yet its creator had almost passed on him, unsure his physical comedy fit. Within a few y…- Lorraine was traded to a deposed Polish king so France could inherit itIn 1737 European diplomats solved a succession tangle with a strange swap. The Duke of Lorraine got Tuscany instead, and his duchy went to Stanislaw Leszczynski, a Polish king who…
Lorraine: The Strategic Crossroads That Shaped the Modern Map of EuropeOnce a powerful independent duchy and a kingmaker in European politics, Lorraine has spent centuries caught between French and German spheres of influence. From its origins as a m…
Los Angeles 2028: How the Olympics Are Reimagining the Modern Global GamesLos Angeles is preparing to host the 2028 Summer Olympics, a massive undertaking that marks the city's third time as host. By relying entirely on private funding and existing infr…
Los Angeles is not just one climate, but a collection of extreme microclimatesWhile often viewed as a monolith of sunshine, Los Angeles is a patchwork of distinct weather zones. Daytime temperatures can swing by 36 degrees Fahrenheit between the coast and i…
Los Angeles is slowly sliding north along the San Andreas Fault toward San FranciscoWest of the San Andreas Fault, California rides the Pacific plate northwest by a few centimetres each year. Keep that up for perhaps twenty million years and Los Angeles will glid…
Los Angeles ripped out its streetcars, then spent decades rebuilding railEarly 20th-century Southern California had more than 1,000 miles of streetcar and interurban track. By 1963 every line was gone, replaced by buses. Twenty-seven years later, choke…- Losartan reduces kidney disease progression in patients with type 2 diabetesResearchers conducting a randomized, double-blind study of 1,513 patients found that the drug losartan helps protect kidney function. In patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropa…
Losing £100 hurts roughly twice as much as winning £100 feels good.In 1979 Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky proposed that people weigh losses more heavily than equal gains, by a factor of about two. The same choice feels different depending on wh…
Losing a rabbit gave Disney its mouse, and the mouse earned more on watches than filmsIn 1928 Walt Disney discovered that his hit cartoon star, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, legally belonged to Universal. Stripped of his character, he sketched a replacement mouse his wi…
Losing hurts about twice as much as winning feels goodIn a 1992 study, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky put a number on a very human quirk: losses sting roughly 2.25 times more than equal gains please. That lopsided feeling, called l…
Losing someone who never left the room: Dickinson on love going coldNobody dies and nobody departs in this Emily Dickinson poem. The beloved is still right there, yet distance has crept onto her face and into her voice. The world looks unchanged, …
Lost diaries reveal the brutal, intimate reality of the Nazi invasion of RussiaDiscovered in 2019, the diaries of Oberleutnant Wilhelm Sander offer a firsthand account of Operation Barbarossa. This video explores the Eastern Front through the eyes of a polit…
Lost Futures: Part 1Technologies and companies that arrived early, chose the wrong path, or show the future existed earlier than people remember. Episodes: 1. The Victorian Internet; 2. VHS vs Betama…