In this collection, the writer-physician Sherwin B. Nuland explores phenomena that can’t be explained by modern science — and challenge his profession’s often unreflective reliance on technology.

Every week thousands of academic articles heralding discoveries in medicine and science are vetted and validated before being published in no-nonsense journals with names such as "Acta Crystallographica," "Methods in Enzymology," or "Macromolecules"

Perhaps it was the purple starry night backdrop or the strange silver poles lined up on stage, but G. Steven Burrill seemed to have arrived from the future. Addressing AdvaMed 2008, a medical technology industry conference in Washington last week, he spok

One of the major highlights, probably the most important, of the annual conference of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) is the grand finale of the Mobil/STAN National Science Quiz/Projects competition, where champions at the quiz finals a

The writer and filmmaker produced several bestselling science-fiction novels in a career that spanned nearly four decades. Michael Crichton, the doctor-turned-author of bestselling thrillers such as "The Terminal Man" and "Jurassic Park" and a Holl