When we think of plagues, we think of AIDS, Ebola, anthrax spores, and, of course, the Black Death. But in 1918 the Great Flu Epidemic killed an estimated 40 million people virtually overnight. If su
A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceIn this eye-opening report, New York Times science writer Gina Kolata shows that our society's obsession with dieting is less about keeping trim and stayin
Thanks to medical advances, we live longer than ever. It's hard to imagine what the world was like in 1851, when the New York Times began publishing. These 150 articles from the newspaper's archives c
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The birth of Dolly -- the world's first clone -- placed in our hands the secret of creation. Few discoveries have so altered our notion of what it means to be human, or presented such a Gordian knot o
From the highly acclaimed New York Times science writer Gina Kolata, the book for people who love exercise as much as they value the truth.In Ultimate Fitness, Gina Kolata, science reporter for The N
The phone rings. The doctor from California is on the line. “Are you ready Amanda?” The two people Amanda Baxley loves the most had begged her not to be tested—at least, not now. But she had to find
From the archives of the world's most famous newspaper comes a collection of its very best writing on mathematics. Big and informative, The New York Times Book of Mathematics gathers more than 110 art
Providing in-depth, revealing surveillance on American sexuality, a collection of statistics offers information about frequency among various groups, rape, fidelity, homosexuality, and the differences
