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A NATO soldier wounded by an IED explosion lies in a helicopter during an emergency airlift in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan on October 12, 2010. Bombs, not bullets, are the main threat to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Getty Images)

For Military, Different Wars Mean Different Injuries

For troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, a former military physician says, bullets aren't the main threat. Bombs are. And that means military medicine faces a host of new challenges.

<strong>Down On The Boardwalk:</strong> Vaclav and Lena, the young protagonists of Haley Tanner's debut novel, have their first play date together at Coney Island's Wonder Wheel.<em></em>

'Vaclav And Lena' Find Love On A Brooklyn Boardwalk

From the moment they meet in New York's Brighton Beach neighborhood, Vaclav and Lena make magic together. Each envisions a lifetime at the other's side — and then, one day, Lena disappears. Their story of love and assimilation sits at the heart of Haley Tanner's debut novel, Vaclav & Lena.

Before setting off on his quest for two-wheeled perfection, author Robert Penn had already logged 25,000 miles biking around the globe.

Bike-Mad Author Finds 'Happiness On Two Wheels'

Lots of guys buy a midlife crisis sports car, but not British author Robert Penn. He set out to build the ultimate bike, one that he could ride every day and grow old with. His search cost him thousands of dollars and took him all over Europe and across the Atlantic.

Listening to music can make you feel more relaxed, but in some cultures, it's actually used to ease pain.

'The Power Of Music' To Affect The Brain

Science all but confirms that humans are hard-wired to respond to music. Studies also suggest that someday music may even help patients heal from Parkinson's disease or a stroke. In The Power of Music, Elena Mannes explores how music could play a role in health care.

Dan Pashman's Cheeseburger With Cheese On The Bottom.

Secrets Of Perfect Burgers, Plus How To Grill An Egg

This Memorial Day weekend, Dan Pashman and Mark Garrison — the guys behind the popular blog and podcast The Sporkful — bring you their finest secrets, tips and tricks to make the most of your time at the grill.

Ann Patchett lives in Nashville, Tenn. She is the author of five other novels and two works of nonfiction.

Ann Patchett Journeys To The Amazon With 'Wonder'

Ann Patchett has a knack for taking her readers to completely new places and her latest novel is no exception. Patchett takes on everlasting fertility in the deadly, mysterious depths of the Amazon in State of Wonder.

Samantha Casiano told a Texas courtroom that she should have been able to let her daughter, who had anencephaly, "go to rest sooner."

Denied abortion for a doomed pregnancy, she tells Texas court: 'There was no mercy'

Women who had complicated and tragic pregnancies are suing Texas over its abortion bans. A hearing had emotional testimony in an Austin courtroom Wednesday. The state wants the case dismissed.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case testing whether indigent parents facing jail time for failing to pay child support have the right to a lawyer.

Supreme Court Weighs Rights Of 'Deadbeat' Parents

The case before the court Wednesday comes from South Carolina, where Michael Turner was jailed for a year for failing to pay child support. He argues that he couldn't afford to pay, and that sending indigent parents to jail without providing them with a lawyer is a modern form of debtors' prison.

Dr. Gregg Bloche says physicians are routinely pushed to be both caregivers and cost-cutters.

Medicine's Rising Costs Put Hippocratic Oath At Risk

Are doctors rationing health care? Health policy analyst Gregg Bloche says doctors routinely compromise the principles of the Hippocratic Oath when they decide which expensive tests and treatments they can and can't provide, in order to please lawmakers, lawyers and insurance companies.

Members of Fidel Castro's militia gather in Cuba's Escambry Mountains during the ill-fated 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion.

50 Years Later: Learning From The Bay Of Pigs

Fifty years ago Sunday, a brigade of around 1,500 CIA-trained soldiers stormed the beach in Cuba's Bay of Pigs. It was the opening phase of a secret mission to overthrow Fidel Castro. Of course, things didn't go as planned, and the lessons learned could apply to U.S. foreign policy today.

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