Perhaps it comes from not having children. But I have a hard time going gaga over a gaggle of young kids on stage mugging their hearts out. I am not, on the other hand, quite as snide as W.C. Fields ( ...

For more than a century, popular culture has trained us to picture extraterrestrials as bug-eyed, bipedal “little green men” who look suspiciously like us in rubber suits. The scientists who actually ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...