We are living in an era of “discoveries that feel at once wondrous, improbable, and surreal,” writes Mary Roach in her new book.

This week, researchers identified a key driver of pancreatic cancer spread. Oral bacteria were linked to Parkinson's disease ...

It sounds like pure science fiction. Remove a healthy human head from a dying body, connect it to a different healthy body, and bring "the person" back to consciousness. Equal parts Frankenstein and ...