If you've ever wondered what the brain of a genius looks like, make your way to Philadelphia. There, the public can view for the first time 46 slivers of the brain of Albert Einstein, the theoretical ...

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What's stranger? A pack of young Bohemians hopping between cities and orgies? A writer and his Samoan attorney heading for Las Vegas for a week of psychedelia? Or a writer and an elderly pathologist ...

Albert Einstein is undeniably one of the greatest geniuses of our time. How far would a person go to be as smart as he? Would a person who was willing to eat Einstein’s brain be as intelligent as the ...

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Across cultures and eras, human remains have held powerful spiritual and symbolic significance. The ancient Egyptians believed that mummifying a king’s body ensured his ascent to the gods. The ...

Whether it be through their art or mathematical formulas, the great minds of the past—like Sappho, Michelangelo, and Albert Einstein—have deeply influenced our understanding of the world around us.