The Woman Who Gave Herself Parasites to Cure Her Allergies: Jasper Lawrence's Hookworm Therapy
In 2006, a man with debilitating asthma walked barefoot through human waste in Cameroon, deliberately infecting himself with hookworms—and claimed it cured him. This is the bizarre true story of helminthic therapy, where patients risk prosecution and parasitic infection to treat autoimmune diseases, all based on the idea that our sanitized modern world has made us sick.
12 Sept 2026
Freud vs. Jung: The Epic Breakup That Split Psychology in Two
They were once like father and son—Freud called Jung his 'crown prince' and heir to psychoanalysis. But their bitter split in 1913 wasn't just personal drama; it fractured psychology into two fundamentally different approaches to the human mind that practitioners still debate today. Discover how a friendship-turned-feud over sex, spirituality, and the unconscious gave us both Freudian psychoanalysis and Jungian analytical psychology.
27 Aug 2026
7 Body Parts You Didn't Know You Could Live Without
Think you need two kidneys, your spleen, and your stomach to survive? Think again. We're counting down seven surprising body parts that modern medicine has proven are optional for human survival—including some that will make you question everything you thought you knew about anatomy.
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