Category: TPWKY Book Club

When the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted in 1999 that they had discriminated against women on its faculty, it sent shockwaves throughout […]

How is it that we can’t remember where we put our keys or the name of the person we just met, but […]

Phosphorus is an element that wears many faces. Its overuse as a fertilizer has polluted freshwater ecosystems, transforming rivers and lakes from […]

In the pre-antibiotic era, tuberculosis was one of the biggest killers humanity ever faced. The specter of the ‘great white plague’ hung […]

Roads are essential to our modern lives, so much so that they largely exist in the background of our minds. When we […]

Going to the doctor is probably not at the top of anyone’s list of enjoyable activities, but when we do go, we […]

The word “poison” is much more subjective than it may first appear. It’s likely you’ve come across the phrase, “the dose makes […]

The COVID-19 pandemic started with a bang – lockdowns, grocery store shelves cleared of their goods, toilet paper shortages, and a pervasive […]

We live on the edge. Whether we fail to acknowledge it or try not to think of it, that fact remains true […]

The TPWKY book club is back in action, and we’re thrilled to be starting this season’s reading journey with Dr. Deirdre Cooper […]