The bone-crunching violence of football is part of the appeal. (I submit as evidence the fact that this YouTube video, which consists of three minutes …
Author: Stephanie Pappas
Battling PTSD
As Krista points out, Austin, Texas saw a temporary bump in its population of science writers during the past few days. Being a newly minted …
Wired tackles the vaccine controversy
This week in Wired magazine, Amy Wallace attempts to inject some science into the controversy over vaccines and autism. She also gives her readers a …
The blind can see
Via the New York Times, here's a story that gadget-lovers and medical professionals alike can appreciate: With the help of a tiny camera and an …
Facing mortality
Like most people, I have a vision of a "good death" that doesn't include respirators, gurneys, IVs or ICUs. And until reading Newsweek this week, …
Mummyblogging, round two
Last week, I posted a few photos of a Stanford effort to image the mummy of a 2,500-year-old priest. For those of you who like …
Checking in early
Very few people look forward to the day when they'll have to check into a nursing home. So why would a perfectly healthy 38-year-old move …
Photoblogging: mummy edition
Stanford radiologists are hard at work right now scanning a 2,600-year-old Egyptian mummy. We'll have a full set of videos, articles and photos on this …
Summer stress
Is anyone out there having a relaxing summer? Please, speak up if you are - it's hard to hear you over the health care reform …
Little hearts, big tools
Heart defects run in my family. I lost two infant sisters to hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a congenital defect in which the left side of …
The trouble with trials
Yesterday, as part of its "Forty Years' War" series on the fight against cancer, the New York Times tackled the problem of clinical trials. Nobody's …
Looking within
Like Rosanne, I'm a big fan of historical medical images. I love museums like the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, DC, or …
The not-so-naked eye
Maybe it's because my disposable lenses are reaching the end of their lifespan, leaving me squinty and dry-eyed, but I find myself following the latest …
Science: The musical
Today at Wired Science, Aaron Rowe brings us the Top 10 Scientific Music Videos. The topics range from the human heart to the Large Hadron …
From academic to advisor
Keith Humphreys, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral science, is embarking on a new role this week - that of Senior Policy Advisor at the …
Baa, baa, blood test
Score one for low-tech, high-impact interventions: The newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says "baa." It's the hair sheep, a less-hirsute …