Body
Smartphone Study Uncovers Why So Much of the World is Short on Sleep
Age, gender and nationality impact how much we sleep, and social pressures rob many of needed rest
Your Skin’s Microbial Inhabitants Might Stick Around, Even If You Wash
This tiny ecosystem is surprisingly stable from months to years, study reveals
Scientists Use "The Moth Radio Hour" to Create Brain Atlas
Using a functional MRI, scientists created a visual dictionary to show how areas of the brain process language
Your Body Could One Day Be a Computer Display
Forget screen time—a new technology is all about skin time
Switzerland Will Host the First Cyborg Olympics
The “Cybathlon” will show what happens when humans and machines collaborate
What a Tiny Fish Can Tell Us About How Humans Stood Upright
What is the root of why our ancestors gained the power to walk on two feet and chimpanzees didn't?
How a Tiny, "Beating" Human Heart Was Created in a Lab
The device, filled with human heart cells, could dramatically reduce the time it takes to test new drugs and end testing on animals
Scientists Printed a Human Ear
The scientific breakthrough is more than a creepy experiment—one day, it could save lives
Michelangelo May Have Had Arthritis
Researchers used old portraits and letters to study the master's hands
Why I Captured This MRI of a Mother and Child
A venerable symbol of human love, as you've never seen it before
Future Cops May Track Down Criminals By Making Fingerprints Glow
One scientist's revenge could be the ultimate crime-fighting tool
Prosthetics Could Soon Have a Sense of Touch
A technology suprisingly inspired by Darth Vader
Tiny, Tattoo-Like Wearables Could Monitor Your Health
University of Texas engineers devise a relatively inexpensive way to make disposable patches that track patients' vital signs
People Can’t Tell Which of Their Toes Is Being Touched
The piggy that stayed home and the piggy that got roast beef get mixed up the most
The More You Have to Pee, The Easier Lying May Be
Full bladders make for better fibs
Ask Smithsonian: How Does Skin Heal?
The skin is an organ system that is unique to each individual, so not everyone heals the same way
This Bionic Suit May Be the Future of Prosthetics
Inventor Scott Summit is personalizing medical devices through 3D printing
Can You Crack a Medical Mystery?
A startup called CrowdMed asks volunteer detectives to study cases of patients with symptoms that baffle doctors
Does Dieting Actually Make Your Stomach Shrink?
Not exactly, says science—stretchiness and psychology seem to play bigger roles than size in determining how much a person can eat
Soon, Your Doctor Could Print a Human Organ on Demand
At a laboratory in North Carolina, scientists are working furiously to create a future in which replacement organs come from a machine
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