Every one of us is unique. With recent advances in technology, we now know that that statement is more true that ever: we are each individuals, right down to a molecular level #x97; a one-of-a-kind combination of genes, proteins, and metabolism. So why does healthcare still take…
The castrato: reflections on natures and kinds
'The Castrato' is the first book to explore in depth why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. It shows that although the practice formed the foundation of Western classical singing, it was birthed from an unlikely a…
A compassionate and angry account of Anna Kashfi's and Marlon Brando's life together shows how Brando's (bi)-sexual compulsions, inner torments, overreaching ambitions, and eccentricity strained their marriage and illuminates the connections between the Brando's.
Human civilizations' longest lasting artifacts are not the great Pyramids of Giza, nor the cave paintings at Lascaux, but the communications satellites that circle our planet. In a stationary orbit above the equator, the satellites that broadcast our TV signals, route our phone …
