Topic: David Farley

Mayo Clinic's "Surgical Olympics"

Mayo Clinic has a unique way to gage just how well its surgical residents are doing. Twice a year, the clinic holds a "Surgical Olympics," putting...

This Week in Travel - Episode 74

This week's guest are author David Farley and Robert Reid of Lonely Planet.. . . . Subscribe on iTunes | Become a Fan on Facebook | Download the...
Subscribe on iTunes | Become a Fan on Facebook | Download the iPhone app | Download This week's guest are: David Farley, author of An Irreverent...

The Interview: David Farley, An Irreverent Curiosity

The Interview: David Farley, An Irreverent...
Fast-forward one millennium, to a time when spiritual relics are all the rage and an idea takes hold that, in between rising from the dead and ascending to heaven, Jesus may have left a little piece of himself behind-a snippet of flesh ...

Christianity's Raunchiest Relic

In 1737, when Galileo's remains were transferred from a humble grave to an opulent mausoleum in one Florence's largest churches, his body mover had an entrepreneurial idea. Anton Francesco Gori surreptitiously lopped off the middle finger of Galileo's right ...