1894- Shibasaburo Kitasato publishes The Lancet

1894- Shibasaburo Kitasato publishes The Lancet

For almost 200 years, The Lancet has been bringing peer-reviewed medical news, findings, and facts to the medical and scientific communities. With these journals, the rest of the world would (and still does) find cutting-edge information. While there has never been a...
2005- Hurricane Katrina begins in the Bahamas

2005- Hurricane Katrina begins in the Bahamas

Hurricanes begin as tropical depressions, areas in the lower atmosphere where wind speeds increase with thunderstorm clouds spinning counter-clockwise around an area called a “low-pressure” zone. Once the winds reach 39 mph and above, the “tropical...