Loading...
222 illustrations
In 2006, microbiologist Henk Jonkers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands developed something remarkable: self-healing concrete. He embedded dormant bacteria — tiny spores...
When German orthopedic surgeon Julius Wolff published his landmark findings in 1892, he described something that seems almost impossible: bone that breaks and heals often...
In 1737, George Frideric Handel was at the height of his fame when a stroke paralyzed his right side. The hand that had conducted orchestras...
In November 1873, Horatio Spafford stood at the railing of a ship crossing the Atlantic and stared down at cold, dark water. Somewhere beneath those...
In 1737, George Frideric Handel suffered a massive stroke that paralyzed the right side of his body. Doctors doubted he would ever play again, let...
In November 1873, Horatio Spafford received a telegram from his wife Anna that read simply: "Saved alone." Their four daughters — Annie, Maggie, Bessie, and...
In November 1873, Horatio Spafford received a telegram from his wife Anna that contained just two words: "Saved alone." Their four daughters — Annie, Maggie,...
In November 1873, Horatio Spafford stood on the deck of a ship crossing the Atlantic, staring down at cold, dark water. Somewhere beneath those waves,...
In 1892, German anatomist Julius Wolff published a law that still guides orthopedic medicine today. Wolff's Law states that bone adapts to the stress placed...
In 2020, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing CRISPR-Cas9, a gene-editing technology that has revolutionized medicine. Scientists design...
In 1892, German anatomist Julius Wolff published a discovery that still guides orthopedic medicine today. Known as Wolff's Law, his research demonstrated that bone tissue...
In 2006, worship leader Laura Story received news that would reshape her understanding of God's goodness. Her husband Martin was diagnosed with a brain tumor....
In 1844, a young Irishman named Joseph Scriven stood at the edge of the water where his fiancee had drowned — the evening before their...
Engineers at Bose spent years perfecting a technology that seems almost miraculous: active noise cancellation. Inside every pair of QuietComfort headphones, tiny microphones listen to...
In 1941, Henri Matisse was diagnosed with duodenal cancer. The surgery saved his life but left him largely confined to a wheelchair, unable to stand...
Joseph Scriven wrote "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" in 1855, but the story behind it will break your heart open. The night before...
In 1865, surgeon Joseph Lister began soaking bandages in carbolic acid and pressing them into open wounds at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. His patients gasped at...
In 1873, Horatio Spafford stood on the deck of a ship crossing the Atlantic, staring at the grey waters where his four daughters had drowned...
In 2006, songwriter Laura Story watched her husband Martin undergo surgery for a brain tumor. The operation saved his life but left him with significant...
After Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head in 2011, the bullet damaged the left side of her brain — the region that controls...
In 1516, the German painter Matthias Grünewald completed a massive altarpiece for a monastery hospital in Isenheim, Alsace. The patients there suffered from ergotism —...
In November of 1873, Horatio Spafford stood on the deck of a ship crossing the Atlantic, staring at the cold water passing beneath him. Two...
In the spring of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. The once-celebrated composer had suffered a debilitating stroke four years earlier that paralyzed...
Horatio Spafford had already buried his four-year-old son when the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed nearly everything he owned. Two years later, he sent...