A plate of an Amer­ican flamingo from John James Audubon’s “The Birds of America”; a Johannes Ruysch map, the first obtain­able one to depict America; and a water­color of New … read more »

Patients who have access to doctor’s notes in their med­ical records are more likely to under­stand their health issues, recall what the doctor told them and take their med­ica­tions as … read more »

Barack Obama is cruising into the pres­i­den­tial debates with momentum on his side, yet he’s still strug­gling to revive the pas­sion and excite­ment that pro­pelled him to the White House. … read more »

Get­ting from col­lege to a pay­check is a big worry for young adults; in 2011, only 18% of col­lege grads had job offers by the end of April before grad­u­a­tion, … read more »

North­eastern University’s Col­lege of Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion is get­ting a $60 mil­lion cash injec­tion – and a new name. In honor of a university-​​​​record gift from alums Richard D’Amore and Alan McKim, … read more »

Some employees want to work abroad because they love the idea of living the life of an expa­triate. Others look at an over­seas assign­ment as golden for their résumés. But working … read more »

BATON ROUGE, La.—Police found Silas Gibbs Jr. early in the morning of March 3, slumped against the seat belt in a red Mus­tang, with blood streaming from his ears and … read more »

Sev­eral years into her mar­riage, Jes­sica Carr dis­cov­ered a receipt on her husband’s desk for a late lunch at a water­front restau­rant in Seattle, 45 miles from the farm she … read more »

Dis­eases that strike dif­ferent parts of the body—and that don’t seem to resemble each other at all—may actu­ally have a lot in common.

When they appear on stage, Heather Knight, a robotics grad­uate stu­dent, and Data, her stand-​​​​up-​​​​comedy-​​​​performing robot, seem like a futur­istic Odd Couple. Ms. Knight is tall, blond and human while … read more »

The vir­tual doctor won’t see you just yet. But that day is get­ting closer. Today’s health-​​​​care industry is making increasing use of Web-​​​​based vir­tual agents and avatars, or com­put­er­ized assis­tants, not … read more »

The vir­tual doctor won’t see you just yet. But that day is get­ting closer. Today’s health-​​​​care industry is making increasing use of Web-​​​​based vir­tual agents and avatars, or com­put­er­ized assis­tants, … read more »