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For that reason, after his death in 1955, pathologist Thomas Harvey removed and preserved his brain for scientific study. That decision later allowed researchers around the world to investigate how ...

Albert Einstein died on 18 April 1955, aged 76. His death marked the end of one of the most influential scientific lives in history. It also marked the beginning of a long, unsettled afterlife for his ...

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 ...

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 ...

A pioneer in neurosurgery, Dr A Marthanda Pillai is a Padma Shri awardee and former president of the Indian Medical ...

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 ...