Phineas Gage: From Bad Day to the Advancement of Brain Science

I’m going to stretch the definition of “disease” and “experimentation” by talking about a construction worker named Phineas Gage. On…

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

Body horror is the film subgenre that intentionally showcases graphic or psychologically disturbing violations of the human body. Such unnatural…

What comes to your mind when you hear “vampire”? Chances are you think of a pale-skinned, unmistakably beautiful, strong and…

Vampires have haunted our imaginations for centuries, from the gruesome, grotesque creatures of the original European folk tales to the…

If we want to discuss a truly deforming disease – one that certainly causes your physical appearance to change –…

If you were to think of what it means to be disfigured, you would probably begin by thinking of all…

Have you ever looked at a person with a limp and said: I wonder how that reflects this person’s values…

My interest in hip-hop began as many upper-middle class white teens’ did. Though I was late to the party by…

Humans love to think about fear. For some reason, our little monkey brains are obsessed with it…