Fourier’s discoveries can still be felt in modern-day radiology, climate science and physics.
- Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
It was aboard a steamship that Mark Twain first laid eyes on a photograph of Olivia Langdon, known as Livy. It was love at first sight. In their marriage of 34 years, they remained deeply devoted.
Don’t believe these 10 common myths about the 1918 Spanish flu.
Scientist Nikola Tesla led a rags-to-riches to rags life. The eccentric inventor had an amazing intellect and set the stage for many modern technologies.
There’s no shortage of problems facing humanity. Science’s role in how to tackle them has long been debated – including memorably by two of the 20th century’s greatest literary figures.
The important lessons from one of the most notorious cases of sexual manipulation took place not off-screen but right in front of the camera.
When a patient dies, grieving family and friends too often languish in neglect.
Suatu bencana alam yang tak ada tandingannya di Indonesia mengirimkan abu ke belahan dunia lain dan menyediakan ruang bagi penciptaan novel Frankenstein, kisah tentang kesombongan tak terkendali.
The appearance a hot dish on your doorstep does more than relieve the burden of meal preparation. It says someone is looking out for you.
Luther translated the Greek New Testament into a common German dialect that ordinary people could read, without help from clergy.
Just because a person is dying does not mean that he or she is in a state of panic. Here’s an example of how one woman, through a well-lived life, remained at peace as she faced death.
A physician describes the warm welcome he received from Sudanese Muslims just this month when he visited Sudan. His experience comes in part, he writes, from their faith.
Over a quarter of medical students suffer depression. Almost half of US physicians say they’re burnt out. A doctor reflects on how much more burdensome and less fulfilling the profession has become.
A recent study suggested that the brain becomes accustomed to lying, making people merely puppets of their brains. That’s too simple an explanation – and one that lets liars off the hook.
One of the greatest benefits of the Nobel Peace Prize is the fact that, once a year, it promotes a lively discussion about peace throughout the world.
An unparalleled cataclysm on the other side of the globe sets the stage for a gathering of literary titans at which an 18-year-old crafts an unearthly yet timeless tale of unbridled human arrogance.
There are few things Americans like more than lists and money, but ranking philanthropists on the monetary size of their giving distorts our understanding of generosity, argues one ethicist.
Cancer is a deadly disease and would have been particularly lethal before the recent development of effective treatments. So why didn’t it – or our susceptibility to it – die out long ago?
A recent study suggesting that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. made headlines. But the methods researchers used to draw this conclusion are flawed.
The effort to prove the soul’s existence through physical means is little more than a fool’s errand.
Scientists have identified a small number of people whose skeletons are extraordinarily break resistant, offering hints on how to make the bones of ordinary people stronger.
Despite the rise of scanners, robots and other new medical technologies, the physician’s hand remains one of medicine’s most valuable diagnostic tools.
The sources of the opioid epidemic are complex, but one powerful motivator has been the pursuit of profit.
Asking patients about sexual matters is universally recognized as an important part of collecting a patient’s medical history. But many physicians don’t take sexual histories from their patients.
The U.S. is facing a shortfall of physicians, but many medical school grads can’t land a spot in a residency program.
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