A Tribute to Stephen Hawking

Yesterday, my wife and I saw The Theory of Everything , the story of Steven Hawking's rise from a socially awkward graduate student to a...

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Trust & Healthcare

During my years as an academic Hospitalist and now as a volunteer educator, I have taught medical students and residents that trust is the m...

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The Nature of Panic

Panic is the over-reaction to a threat, whether real or imagined.  Persons with anxiety disorders are most prone to this emotional condition...

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Weather from Above

While perusing Sitka Nature , I learned of the website Earth , which provides an animated global image of surface wind patterns over which o...

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War & Injustice

The recent prisoner swap involving Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl and members of the Taliban has unleashed a firestorm of criticism in the American ...

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Preventing Dementia

As the Baby Boomers enter their late sixties and seventies, increasing attention is focused on dementia and other diseases of the elderly, e...

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Communing with Wildlife

Last evening, the PBS series  Nature aired the personal story of a Wyoming rancher who became closely involved with a herd of mule deer, na...

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