If you want to know more about humans and great apes, you should grab the book The Third Chimpanzee by the American scientist author Jared Diamond.

Why do men have the longest penises? Chimps the largest testes? And orangutans (or gorillas) the shortest phallus and smallest testes?

What prevents us from having six sequential sets of teeth like an elephant, rather than just baby teeth and adult teeth? After all, with four more natural sets, we wouldn't need fillings, crowns, and dentures as we get

I've long believed that introverts like me often gravitate to secret passageway allowing us to leave a party early. If we can't find the secret tunnel, even retreating to a bathroom can do wonders.

On another note, I recently learned about another type of humble partygoers who are worth learning from. William McRaven, a Four-Star Admiral at the United States Navy, once attended a private dinner hosted by a famed exercise cardiologist. He happend to meet his dinner companion with the name Charlie. He didn

If necessity is the mother of invention - and it often is - the ones who invented bookstore and library should have been outdated grandma by now. We're living in the world known as Kindle, or a state called Amazon, or a universe governed by tablet. Bookstores and libraries are shrinking, if not vanishing.

In this sense, it may be heartening for book lovers like me to see the survival, however difficult, of bookstores and libraries. That's the reason I paid a visit to the Books

When I was a kid, Peanuts comic had a story of Charlie Brown who reasoned that the weather wouldn't stop anyone from playing baseball. In any event, Charlie Brown will stand on the mound in a drizzle, and will remain so in a downpour.

"Don't go! We have a game to play! Come back!"

I couldn't have compared myself to Charlie Brown. I quit every now and then. During our recent family trip to Hakuba, I had decided not to join

Growing up with a kid - or bringing up, if you like - is one of the most entertaining journeys. An unspoken rule is to jump in with an open mind, the expectation that you won't expect, and the knowledge that you've never learned.

When our daughter was young, we planned our vacation with simple fun in mind. Legoland or zoo. Hands-on museum. Playground and beach. That's the kind of itinerary I have mastered nicely, the kind that stops being difficult

I was waiting for a kidney biopsy procedure for my patient in hospital. I had prepared everything the day before. That's something simple. I knew every step, and the way to the procedure room was easy. I knew every corner, every turn on the way from one building to another in the hospital I have been working for nearly thirty years.

So off I went, once I knew the patient was ready. I was running, to be honest; it was my habit not to keep people waiting