Health and Well-Being

In 1917, doctors proposed an outlandish treatment for syphilis, the incurable bacterial infection that had ravaged Europe for centuries. Step

There’s a factory inside you that weighs about 1.4 kilograms and runs for 24 hours a day. This is your

Has anyone ever told you, “Stand up straight!” or scolded you for slouching while eating? Comments like that might be

Your brain on food If you removed all the moisture from your brain and broke it into nutrients, what would

A leather mask that clamps the mouth shut. A cannonball sewn into a soldier’s uniform. And a machine that delivers