As a medical student in Hungary in the 1940s, George Berci wasn’t satisfied simply to master surgical techniques. He was ...

George Berci, a surgeon who revolutionized the modern operating room by developing the tools and techniques of laparoscopy, a ...

As a Jew growing up in Hungary after it joined the Axis alliance, George Berci was barred from medical school, so he became an apprentice in an electrical shop and studied mechanical engineering.

George Berci, who has died aged 103, was a Hungarian Jew who escaped the Holocaust and later pioneered minimally invasive or “keyhole” surgery, developing laparoscopic and other endoscopic ...

Houston has at least 170 "dangerous" buildings, including run-down apartments, a burned-down restaurant, an old HISD school, and most recently, the building where a firefighter died after a wall ...

Nov. 11, 2024 — Why is the expansion of our Universe accelerating? Twenty-five years after its discovery, this phenomenon remains one of the greatest scientific mysteries. Solving it involves ...

At Mar-a-Lago, ‘Uncle’ Elon Musk Puts His Imprint on the Trump Transition He’s on the patio. He’s on the golf course. Everywhere President-elect Trump looks, there is the world’s richest ...

November 12, 2024 • A federal judge sentenced Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member, to prison after he pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural ...

Justin Welby, the leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, announced his resignation days after a report found he had taken insufficient action over claims of abuse. By Stephen Castle and Mark ...

A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump won the election, in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo ...