From Wild to Mild
Horse Illustrated
How Courtney Jo Wexler won the Extreme Mustang Makeover and found love in the process -- twice.
Bibliotherapy: A Novel Approach to Healing
The Boston Globe
Bibliotherapy connects clients with reading material relevant to their life situations, allowing them to identify with characters, self-reflect, and gain insight into themselves without risking pain or other consequences.
How to Make Art With Aphantasia
The Aphantasia Network
With almost two decades of making art under her belt, Alice was shocked when she learned she had aphantasia, a condition that affects two percent of the population.
The Causes of Chronic Pain Conditions, According to John Sarno, MD
Watkin's Mind Body Spirit
John Sarno, MD, a New York physician who passed away in 2017, pioneered the diagnosis of a condition called tension myoneural syndrome, or TMS.
Elixirs of Nature
LA Review of Books
How Chinese medicine uses the potency of herbs. This article won honorable mention in the 2019 North American Travel Journalists Association Awards Competition.
Cancer Diagnostic Service
Bulletin
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center (DF/BWCC) opens New England’s first adult Cancer Diagnostic Service.
Mysterious neurologic symptoms may have saved this patient’s life
HealthHub
Medical Mysteries is a column about the diagnosis of complicated medical cases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
How to Switch Sports When Your Body Rebels
HealthHub
In this article, learn how Susan Lynch, a cyclist with the Brigham Health Race Across America team, switched to mountain biking after her doctor told her to stop running.
Blind in the Mind
New Scientist Magazine
I don’t have a mind’s eye, so what's going on inside my head?
Hunting Hofstenia
Paradigm Magazine
Two intrepid scientists and one elusive flatworm introduce a new model organism to the field of regenerative biology.
Fear of anxiety linked to depression in above-average worriers
Penn State News
Anxiety sensitivity, or the fear of feeling anxious, may put people who are already above-average worriers at risk for depression.
Rare-earth metal enhances phosphate glass
Penn State News
Adding cerium oxide to phosphate glass may make eyeglasses that block ultraviolet light and have increased radiation damage resistance.
Penn State researchers’ code targets ‘stealthy’ computer worms
Penn State News
Self-propagating worms are malicious computer programs that can spread throughout networks without human control.
Penn State researchers use natural predators to fight spider mites
Penn State News
Spider mites are being biologically controlled in Pennsylvania apple orchards with two tiny insects known to be natural predators.
Q&A with Robert Weinberg
Whitehead Pulse
Cancer biologist and founding faculty member of the Whitehead Institute, Dr. Robert Weinberg, discusses breast cancer and the long-term effects of declining federal funds for biomedical research.
Whitehead Institute Hosts CampBio
Whitehead Pulse
Whitehead Institute hosts CampBio, a week-long science program that brings local middle school students to Whitehead to learn first-hand how researchers answer biology’s most challenging questions.
Meet Whitehead Institute’s Newest Faculty Member, Jing-Ke Weng
Whitehead Pulse
Dr. Jing-Ke Weng studies the chemical diversity of plants and has initiated several ambitious projects in his first months at Whitehead Institute, including his personal quest to demystify ancient herbal medicines.
“Get a Clue” Workshop Teaches Forensic Science
Whitehead Pulse
Seventeen junior detectives were on the case as participants in "Get a Clue: CSI and the Science of Forensics," a four-day workshop at Whitehead Institute that used a fictitious crime to teach forensic science to 7th and 8th graders.
Celebrating 30 Years of “Wild Ideas”
Whitehead Pulse
Twenty-nine Fellows celebrate the 30th anniversary of the renowned Whitehead Fellows Program.
Never Give Up
Whitehead Pulse
Three Whitehead Institute postdocs are leaving this fall for tenure-track positions at leading institutions. Common among them is remarkable drive and talent. But they also share the same leader – Susan Lindquist.
What’s so Special About Einstein’s Brain?
Eureka
When you think genius, you think of Albert Einstein. It’s no surprise then that after his death, every scientist under the sun wanted to see what made his supremely advanced organ tick.