Understanding human anatomy, and how to diagnose and treat illnesses, has changed dramatically from ancient to modern times. This collection features people whose medical breakthroughs helped to save millions of lives.
The plague lays waste to Asia and Europe; writings from the time suggest only one in ten people survive.
Iguazu Falls is a huge, cascading waterfall at the border of Argentina and Brazil.
Dementia even haunts individuals who have the infliction when they are safe in bed.
Virus hunters from Belgium, also known as "Disease Cowboys," arrive in Yambuku to begin investigating a killer, still-unnamed virus. They are on the t...
Kate Eddowes may be killed because she uses the alias "Mary Kelly."
U.S. Navy psychiatrist Lieutenant Commander Williams is the inspiration for Denzel Washington's character "Jerome Davenport.'
Katniss and Peeta, the last two Tributes, decide to defy the government by committing suicide to deprive the Capitol of a winner.
Life changes after the plague: social and economic values change, art becomes more morbid, peasant uprisings increase and church authority lessens.
Elizabeth King's living will asks her family to end all life support care if she ever reaches a "vegetative state."
Instead of allowing deafness to overwhelm him, Ludwig begins a period of prodigious and brilliant composition.
From discovering pasteurization to debunking the "spontaneous generation" theory, Louis Pasteur and his experiments produced astonishing results.
After successfully vaccinating fifty dogs, Louis Pasteur and his team meet a young boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. They must decide whether to inno...
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