When medical student Ming misplaces the head of her cadaver midway through dissection, readers should be prepared for a graphic, yet touching and often tragic, glimpse into the challenges of a medical career. Ming and her classmates Sri,... Read More

If the “interpretation of dreams are the royal road to the unconscious,” as Sigmund Freud once said, "Birthday" by Koji Suzuki is a highway to the horrors of human evil. Composed by Japan’s bestselling postmodern master of chill,... Read More

Cosmetics, computers, cell phones—these are the accoutrements of modern American life. As it turns out, many of these items are also laden with chemicals potentially so toxic that several countries around the world, notably in the... Read More

Did you know that ancient Egyptians cleaned their teeth with a powdered oxen hooves and burnt eggshells? Or that Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield started their empire by taking a three dollar correspondence course on how to make ice cream?... Read More

Good food can be a powerful memory trigger: sometimes a single pungent whiff releases recollections of long nights of exam cramming, or with one or two garlicky bites one is instantly transported back to a crowded Italian trattoria.... Read More