In the sci-fi novel “The Diamond Age” by Neal Stephenson, body art has evolved into “constantly shifting mediatronic tattoos” – in-skin displays…
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If thoughts, feelings and other mental activities are nothing more than electrochemical signals flowing around a vast network of brain…
Health products, like detox teas and mood-boosting waters, rely on a lack of neuroscientific knowledge to make their claims. Some of…
Skin is our largest organ, made up of complex sensors constantly monitoring for anything that might cause us pain. Our…
The difficulty many people have getting tested for SARS-CoV-2 and delays in receiving test results make early warning of possible…
Gravity can be a real downer when you are trying to grow organs. That’s why experiments in space are so…
Surgical emergencies are in fact one of the main challenges when it comes to human space travel. But over the last few years, space medicine researchers have come up with a number of ideas that could help, from surgical robots to 3D printers.
Those of us who grew up in the 1980s remember the fictional crime-fighting hero Angus “Mac” MacGyver. He could seemingly create anything to get him out of a sticky situation using common household objects such as a magnifying glass and some duct tape.
It may seem far-fetched, but it’s possible to use your smartphone to detect diseases. Mobile devices can be turned into tools to rapidly identify a variety of disease-causing agents, including bacteria, toxins and viruses.
Just because we’re now a couple of weeks into Level 3 doesn’t mean you can stop taking this pandemic any…