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Brandy Schillace

Ideas Contributor

Brandy Schillace PHD is a historian and author of Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher: A monkey's head, the pope's neuroscientist and the quest to transplant the soul. Editor of BMJ's Medical Humanities Journal, Schillace writes articles on science and medical history for Scientific American, Globe and Mail, Undark and more. She hosts the Peculiar Book Club.

Predicting Death Could Change the Value of a Life

New technology promises to forecast the length of your life. But for disabled people, measuring mortality can prove fatal.

A Stroke Study Reveals the Future of Human Augmentation

A successful clinical trial on stimulating the vagus nerve shows that it could change everything from medical treatment to Olympic training. Are we ready?