In our modern society, aging tends to be something we ignore, and then try to avoid. Mainstream culture is geared toward the young, using the youth to gauge trends and styles, and targeting their ...

Tiffany Taylor, professor of microbial ecology and evolution at the University of Bath in the U.K., recommends the books that shaped her career and her outlook on life. When you purchase through links ...

Nathaniel Comfort is a visiting professor at the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society, University of California, Berkeley, and a historian of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, ...