'We have five senses in which we glory and which we recognize and celebrate, senses that constitute the sensible world for us. But there are other senses - secret senses, sixth senses, if you will - equally vital, but unrecognized, and unlauded.'

So says Dr. Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and author who has spent decades unlocking the secrets of the human brain.

When health workers raise the alarm about standards of care, they can end up feeling as guilty as the organisations they expose, and many face career damage and professional isolation, reports Jane Cassidy. 

One surgeon describes how he couldn't take "another day of knowing that a child was being sacrificed on the altar of surgical pride, institutional indifference, and professional impotence."

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It had to happen! We all knew, deep down, that scientists were just holding back all the good stuff for themselves, says Phil Becque

Breathtakingly simple in concept, slightly tricky in execution and more fun than a Ferrari - I give you 'The fabulous wooosh!'

Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr and Daisaku Ikeda — three men from three different cultures and continents, who have followed a common path of profound dedication and achievement in improving the lives of all people

The following short film is part of the Gandhi, King, Ikeda Exhibition conceived by Lawrence Edward Carter Sr, Dean of the Martin Luther King Jr International Chapel at Morehouse College, near Atlanta, Georgia, where King was educated.

Dean Carter hopes that by examining the lives of these great figures, people will find within the grasp of their own daily existence the same lofty ideals and principles — and also take action to change the world for the better.

Travelling  the highways and byways of Europe are eye-popping trucks brilliantly painted with 3-D images of the products they are carrying  This one has a giant beer bottle emerging from  the side of the trailer.
 

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