Purdue University Scho o l of Nursing students place their hands into a large, beating human heart, immersing themselves into anatomy rather than simply studying it. “Nursing is very hands-on,” Nagle ...

Science writer Mary Roach is fascinated by the human body, especially, she says, the "gooey bits and pieces of us that are performing miracles on a daily basis." Take the human heart, for instance. If ...

HOWEVER distinguished a man of science may be, we still expect the books he writes to increase his reputation. These two books by Sir William Bayliss will scarcely do this. It is not that they are bad ...