Could lead makeup really kill you? A scientist recreated centuries-old skin whitening recipes to find out – podcast

The Countess of Coventry, Maria Gunning, was rumoured to have died of lead poisoning from her makeup. Jean-Étienne Liotard via Wikimedia Can makeup really kill you? That’s the myth attached to Maria Gunning, the Countess of Coventry, an 18th-century socialite who reportedly died from her lead-based makeup in 1760, agedContinue Reading

D ark times are ahead for the town of Hawkins, Indiana in the new trailer for Stranger Things. Netflix dropped its hotly-anticipated trailer for the fourth season of the hit show on Tuesday, and it looks set to be just as tense as the previous three. In the trailer, weContinue Reading