Category: TPWKY Book Club

Why do we believe what we believe? Is what we believe the truth? How can we convince others of our beliefs? If […]

For centuries, physicians noticed that cancer sometimes ran in families, but until the 1960s, an answer to this mystery remained out of […]

What happens if you put a bunch of rats in an enclosure and provision them with unlimited food and water? Researcher John […]

The widespread use of leaded gasoline in the 20th century led to one of the world’s biggest public health and environmental disasters, […]

[Content warning: self-harm, suicide, violence] In this day and age, we are equipped with an abundance of tools and knowledge to fight […]

In an anatomy and physiology class, you may learn how the different heart valves work to circulate your blood, how the structure […]

Science doesn’t always get it right the first time (or the second, or the third, or even the ninety-ninth!). And while we […]

The United States is in the midst of a monumental mental health crisis, with one in four people predicted to experience mental […]

When your car breaks down or your fridge goes on the fritz, you can order a replacement part and get things back […]

The development of antibiotics was one of the greatest turning points in the history of medicine. Bacterial infections that were once death […]