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D. Thea is a contributing science writer with a B.S. Biology with a Concentration in Molecular and Cellular Biology and a B.A. Comparative Literature from the University of Cincinnati. For fun, she spends time inhabiting the world of dinosaurs with family members. She prefers to be the Brachiosaurus.

Member since: Nov 06, 2021Published posts: 14

Articles by Thea Baldrick

Irish Potato Famine: An Era of Starvation & Disease
Irish Potato Famine: An Era of Starvation & Disease

The Irish Potato Famine was a disaster of unprecedented proportions. From 1845 to 1849, a minimum of one million people died.

4 Most Notable Writers of the Confessional Movement
4 Most Notable Writers of the Confessional Movement

The confessional movement, led by the poets W.D. Snodgrass, Robert Lowell, Anne Sexton, and Sylvia Plath, began in April 1959. Its influence on current culture is immeasurable.

On the Origin of Species: Why Did Charles Darwin Write It?
On the Origin of Species: Why Did Charles Darwin Write It?

Charles Darwin was well aware that both he and his family would be lambasted because of On the Origin of Species; so what drove him to write it at all?

Anne Sexton’s Fairy Tale Poems & their Brothers Grimm Counterparts
Anne Sexton’s Fairy Tale Poems & their Brothers Grimm Counterparts

Despite being laced with magical elements, Anne Sexton’s fairy tale poems create a world not so very different from our own.

Anne Sexton: Her Life Outside Poetry
Anne Sexton: Her Life Outside Poetry

As a leading woman in the confessional movement, Anne Sexton’s poetry connected to many people, but running parallel to her art was a life fraught with constant threats of disconnection.

The Surprisingly Advanced Medicine of Ancient Egypt
The Surprisingly Advanced Medicine of Ancient Egypt

The advanced medicine of ancient Egypt included effective wound care, contraceptives, more drugs than a modern pharmacy, accurate diagnoses of heart disease, and more.

Could Akhenaten’s Monotheism Have Been Due to the Plague in Egypt?
Could Akhenaten’s Monotheism Have Been Due to the Plague in Egypt?

Mounting evidence suggests that the plague may have initiated Akhenaten’s conversion to monotheism when he became pharaoh of Egypt in 1341 BCE.

Hittite Royal Prayers: A Hittite King Prays to Stop the Plague
Hittite Royal Prayers: A Hittite King Prays to Stop the Plague

In an effort to stem the plague sweeping through his land, Mursili II, king of the Hittites, issued a series of wrenching prayers to an apparently deaf pantheon of gods.