Abstract: By the year 2050, multiple drug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections will cause more deaths relative to cancer, which is currently the number one cause of human mortalities. This ...

There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...