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.
A story of hope, amidst all the heartbreak and devastation in Hiroshima, following a nuclear blast.
This video clip - from the University of Bristol (in England) - explains the various parts of the human brain.
Life in the Seam, an extremely poor area of District 12, has always been hard.
Worried about his own future, and his lack of patients, Dr. Fred Banting had an idea during the middle of the night. What he thought about led to the ...
Once Dr. Macleod allowed Dr Banting to use a lab at the University of Toronto, research into the potential treatment of diabetes moved quickly forward...
John F. Kennedy became America's 35th President on the 20th of January, 1961.
Dr. Jonas Salk gave a lengthy interview to Edward R.
Abraham Lincoln's son William died on February 20th, 1862 of typhus.
After Magellan dies, his remnant crew returns to Spain, completing the world's first circumnavigation. Extremely ill, the men do not realize their car...
Marie & Pierre Curie were married scientists who first isolated radioactive radium salts on the 20th of April, 1902. Learn more about their world-chan...
For centuries, alchemists believed that mercury could be turned into gold.
In the 1970s, people were concerned that countries would use nuclear weapons against each other.
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