Fantasy
Imaginative stories and visual essays that connect scientific ideas with fictional worlds.
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The Dog Has a Treatment Plan. The Humans Weren’t Consulted.
One golden retriever, three adults on leashes, and absolutely no shared decision-making. A surreal 30-second comedy about what matters in real rheumatology: more than the pain score.
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The Time Machine Has No Follow-Up Appointments
A clockwork portal makes centuries look easy. In rheumatology, deciding when to wait—and when not to—is a little less cinematic. A short fantasy film with a clinical punchline.
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Lupus vs. the Medicine Ninjas: A 30-Second Fantasy
Lupus becomes a shadow monster, treatments arrive as three colorful ninjas, and a surreal rooftop battle ends in a dance break. Watch the 30-second AI fantasy and explore real lupus education.
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Mitochondrial Eve
A lyrical science essay by Olga Goodman on mitochondria, maternal ancestry and the biological continuity connecting present life with its deep past.
Rheumatology is the art of suspecting inflammation. Radiology is the art of waiting until it finally agrees to be seen.
Rheumatology diagnoses the argument. Radiology waits for the evidence to calcify.