by Len Fisher | 15 Dec 2014 | Mini Stories from Science
I once visited the Hospital for Traditional Medicine in Lhasa, where the walls are lined with 76 huge thangkas – pictures that illustrate the processes by which the body is supposed to work, and which are used as an aid in diagnosis and treatment. The head of the... 
by Len Fisher | 11 Dec 2014 | Mini Stories from Science
Some scientists capture the imagination, often because of a single quirky image. Newton under his apple tree; Galileo dropping cannon balls from a tower; Einstein playing the violin. In fact, these particular scientists are even more interesting because of the things...