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Alfred Wegener aimed to create a revolution in science which would rank with those of Nicolaus Copernicus and Charles Darwin. After completing his doctoral studies in astronomy at the University of Berlin, Wegener found himself drawn not to observatory science...

Look for books from Johns Hopkins University Press at the Ivy Bookshop tent at this year's Baltimore Book Festival! The Festival takes place at Baltimore's Inner Harbor this weekend--with great music, food, and books, books, books (and more books). The Ivy...

The Summer 2015 issue of the journal Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics features more than a dozen personal narratives from intersex people about the challenges they face and problems with how the medical community addresses their needs. Guest editors Georgiann...

Guest post by Len Travers If Robert Wilson had done what he did today instead of in 1756, they would have given him a medal. That year, September 19 was a Sunday. On that sweltering late-summer afternoon Wilson and nearly fifty other New England soldiers were...

Guest post by Benjamin L. Castleman On Tuesday, September 15, President Obama issued an Executive Order encouraging federal agencies to use insights from behavioral science to inform the design and implementation of policies aimed at improving the lives of...

Guest post by Vinayak K. Prasad, MD, MPH, and Adam S. Cifu, MD For doctors, it is common to have some doubt about a new medical test, procedure or drug—even one which is widely hailed as remarkable or a game changer. It is not cynicism but a healthy skepticism...

Guest post by Robert C. Post The Smithsonian Institution is currently wrapped in controversy involving an exhibit at its National Museum of African Art, Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue. Nobody doubts the exhibit’s noble purpose...

Guest post by John N. Duvall and Robert P. Marzec What’s happening for the 14th anniversary of 9/11? For one thing, there are a lot of Harley rides. The sixth item in a Google search for “14th anniversary of 9/11” informs you about the 2015 9/11 Memorial Ride...

Guest post by Harvey J. Graff The ubiquitous appearance of the term “interdisciplinary” in current academic and educational writing suggests that it is rapidly becoming the dominant form of scholarly work. Major newspapers and periodicals create the same...

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and we are especially mindful of the sobering statics related to this disease: more than 20,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year, and approximately 15,000 women die annually...