Alan Huffman is an author and journalist from Bolton, Mississippi. He is the author of five nonfiction books: Read full biography of Alan Huffman →
Anyone who was alive during the outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century experienced something terrifyingly close to the widespread death... →
When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than... →
Left to their own devices, epidemic diseases tend to follow the same basic process: A virus or bacteria infects a host, who typically becomes sick... →
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In our quest to define and describe the world, we have crisscrossed the oceans and continents, compiling exhaustive knowledge about its life forms... →
Without effective human intervention, epidemics and pandemics typically end only when the virus or bacteria has infected every available host and all... →
Architecture students are generally given theoretical projects, often located at distant locations, and told to come up with a design.
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Without an adequate response, an epidemic can develop into a pandemic, which generally means it has spread to more than one continent.
Aside from its parks and nature areas, Singapore is intensively developed, and due to the shortage of land, is building up, down and on manmade... →
Conflict photographers grapple with two worlds that are themselves often in conflict - the one where bombs fall and bullets fly, where adrenaline... →
Historically, maritime travelers had to pass around the entire mass of North and South America, including the bottom tip, the tempestuous Cape Horn... →
Historically, war journalists have embedded themselves with one side, which means the greatest threat comes from the clearly delineated enemy of that... →
Alan Huffman is an author and journalist from Bolton, Mississippi. He is the author of five nonfiction books: