How 261 Volunteers Failed to Catch the Spanish Flu

Written by Roman Bystrianyk

In 1918, the world was dying. War had already claimed twenty million lives. Disease had taken millions more. But the disease that history remembers above all others—the Spanish flu—carries with it a strange and uncomfortable secret: when scientists tried to prove it spread from person to person, they failed—spectacularly.

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Heatwaves caused by fall in air pollution

Written by Telegraph/ Paul Homewood

The effect of air pollution on global temperatures has been well understood for a long time, as evidenced by the estimated 0.5C fall in the aftermath of the Pinatubo eruption in 1991. The Telegraph covers the story:

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