Special Report

Innovation for Good

A look at the researchers, inventors and community leaders who are bringing creativity and ingenuity to today's biggest challenges

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Benjamin Choi was one of the top 40 finalists of this year's Regeneron Science Talent Search, the country's oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors.

This High Schooler Invented a Low-Cost, Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Arm

Reseachers tested out the backpack dubbed KNaCK in a volcanic field in New Mexico, and are hoping the tech can support astronaunts on future lunar missions.

Lunar Backpack Could Aid Astronauts on Future Missions to the Moon

<p>A Cruise car goes for a ride in San Francisco.</p>

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Driverless Taxis Are Coming to San Francisco

Health

An illustration of a pluripotent stem cell, which can be coaxed to develop into various kinds of tissue

World-First Stem Cell Treatment Reverses Diabetes for a Patient in China, Study Suggests

Margherita Bassi

The procedure allowed people to walk faster, climb stairs better and avoid obstacles more easily.

New Bionic Leg and Surgical Procedure Allow People to Walk With More Control After Amputations

The new blood test, researchers hope, will help doctors diagnose Parkinson's disease years before symptoms occur, helping them provide more proactive treatments.

New Blood Test for Predicting Parkinson's Disease With A.I. Shows Promise, Study Suggests

Christian Thorsberg

Environment

A chicken nugget made from cell-cultivated meat. The companies plan to start by selling their product to restaurants.

USDA Approves First Lab-Grown Chicken in the United States

The Neo P1 starts at $179, roughly five to ten times the price of a normal pothos plant.

Could Genetically Modified Houseplants Clean the Air in Your Home?

A green crab, Carcinus maenas

New Hampshire Distillery Makes Whiskey Out of Invasive Crabs

Margaret Osborne

Education

A new exhibition in Marseille recreates the famous cave and the art found within.

Tour a Submerged Cave Packed With Paleolithic Art—Without Ever Venturing Underwater

$Like a regular sail uses wind to navigate across an ocean, solar sails use the pressure exerted by sunlight to move through space. (Pictured: a conceptual illustration of a diffractive solar sail)$

NASA’s New Solar Sail Could Soon Navigate in Space

Elizabeth Gamillo

A 3D animation created using data from LiDAR shows the urban center of Cotoca.

Lost Cities of the Amazon Discovered From the Air