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Ice Water, Math Quizzes, and Shocks: The 1948 Breastfeeding Experiment That Showed Stress Can Slow Milk Flow

In 1948, researchers stressed a nursing mother with ice water, toe pulling, and math problems with shocks. Each time, her baby got less milk.

Medical Daily · Oct 19

Shock As 76-Year-Old UK Man Kills Terminally Ill Wife and Takes His Own Life Amid Caregiving Struggles

A 76-year-old retired salesman killed his terminally ill wife and then took his own life on New Year's Eve at their Dorset home, an inquest has concluded, revealing severe caregiving strain and a note indicating deep distress.

International Business Times UK · Dec 18, 2025

Shakespeare’s Cymbeline explores how to live through the end of the world

Written in 1611, Shakespeare’s Cymbeline is a raw mess – full of feeling and as messy as life. The 18th-century man of letters, Samuel Johnson decried the play as a work of “unresisting imbecility”, a hotch-potch of incongruities.

The Conversation · Apr 2, 2025