¡Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto! — Violeta Parra Odysseus, "man of many devices" (polytropos), had most of his epic adventures behind him three years after leaving Troy. Then, with all his ...

Doctors have long taken for granted a devil’s bargain: Relieving intense pain, such as that caused by surgery and traumatic injury, risks inducing the sort of pleasure that could leave patients ...

In 1987, Hellraiser was released to an unsuspecting public, and the horror genre was never the same again. The story began with a man constantly craving more — from trips to exotic lands to an ...

Viggo Mortenson in Crimes of the Future. (Courtesy of NEON) David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future begins with the killing of a child. One evening, in a villa off the coast of Athens, a young boy is ...

Below, Paul shares five key insights from his new book, The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning. 1. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” A lot of people ...

Endometriosis (Endo) is a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows in areas like the abdomen, intestines, and bladder. In these other locations, the tissue develops into ...

If you've ever burnt your hand on a stove and someone told you it's "all in your head," they're technically not wrong. Our sensory receptors communicate with the brain to create the sensation of pain.