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A camera that melts inside your body

Sep 28, 2012 02:48pm

The brief and tragic history of the trampoline

Sep 27, 2012 07:10am

The best news you'll read all week about cancer

Sep 25, 2012 06:43am

Teen girls need IUDs, says leading U.S. gynecology group

Sep 21, 2012 09:38am

How much will you be fined if you don't buy insurance?

Sep 20, 2012 09:18am

Why this woman says we're in a post-'having it all' world

Sep 17, 2012 03:00am

No more needles? Ultrasound gets drugs under the skin

Sep 16, 2012 09:02pm

How levitating droplets can increase drug effectiveness

Sep 16, 2012 07:40pm

Deaf gerbils hear again with human stem cells

Sep 13, 2012 10:42pm

Gene therapy fixes defective sense of smell in mice

Sep 13, 2012 10:42pm

Why I support the New York City soda ban

Sep 13, 2012 10:22am

How to detect bioterror attacks in the subway

Sep 12, 2012 10:52pm

Is your kid the next global warming poster child?

Sep 11, 2012 10:20pm

What happens when a wife earns more?

Sep 11, 2012 06:27am

Prestigious prize for molecular motors, liver transplants

Sep 10, 2012 10:37pm

One day, humans may not need breasts

Sep 10, 2012 01:33pm

Preemptive strike against Alzheimer's

Sep 9, 2012 08:43pm

Tiny scale weighs one molecule at a time

Sep 7, 2012 10:32pm

The top causes of U.S. health care waste

Sep 7, 2012 08:00am

At-home test checks your spit for TB

Sep 6, 2012 09:43pm

The contradictions of Michelle Obama

Sep 6, 2012 09:08am

The secret to rosacea: mite poop in you pores

Sep 5, 2012 11:30am

Can genetically modified corn save the midwest from drought?

Sep 5, 2012 06:58am

Mutation endows horses with wider gait repertoire

Aug 29, 2012 10:15pm

How one biotech plans to cure blindness using light

Aug 28, 2012 03:28pm

Two new devices to pluck blood clots out of the brain

Aug 28, 2012 02:14pm

These goats produce human breast milk

Aug 28, 2012 05:36am

What time does your body think it is?

Aug 27, 2012 10:06pm

Smart sutures coated with sensors help wounds heal

Aug 27, 2012 11:20am

New York City gets roadside paternity tests

Aug 27, 2012 06:08am

Listen as apes on helium sing like humans

Aug 27, 2012 03:02am

Turning your own blood cells into internal sensors

Aug 24, 2012 10:52am

Cellular time travel? Adult cells re-programmed as stem cells

Aug 24, 2012 08:34am

Why this American medical researcher believes he's better off working in Asia

Aug 24, 2012 03:00am

HemoSep salvages blood spilled during surgery

Aug 23, 2012 12:23pm

Robotic hand feels for breast cancer lumps

Aug 22, 2012 10:07am

Treating autism with stem cell therapy

Aug 21, 2012 04:03pm

Your skin problems, captured by thermal imaging cameras

Aug 20, 2012 10:05pm

Simple eyedrops can diagnose Alzheimer's, prion diseases

Aug 20, 2012 08:46pm

How the anti-circumcision trend will add billions to U.S. healthcare costs

Aug 20, 2012 01:49pm

Why women are more resilient in the recession than men

Aug 20, 2012 06:28am

Heart simulator for animal-free testing wins design awards

Aug 19, 2012 10:23pm

Ultrafast camera captures rogue cancer cells in blood

Aug 16, 2012 09:51pm

Mysterious snake disease may hold clues to Ebola

Aug 16, 2012 12:22am

Blind mice see again with prosthetic retina

Aug 14, 2012 09:07pm

Why women get more migraines than men

Aug 14, 2012 09:43am

Smart fingertips enhance a doctor's sense of touch

Aug 13, 2012 11:22pm

This man's apples will never turn brown

Aug 13, 2012 09:07am

Meet Meshworm, the soft robot that'll be inching inside you

Aug 12, 2012 09:51pm

Can you train your brain to be more optimistic?

Aug 12, 2012 08:12pm

For the visually impaired, NFC radios to help read fine print

Aug 9, 2012 04:07pm

One-third of women develop PTSD from childbirth

Aug 9, 2012 02:19pm

What Trader Joe's teaches us about America's appetite for sustainable food

Aug 8, 2012 08:20am

How the Komen Foundation misled us about mammograms

Aug 6, 2012 09:56am

Heal wounds with spray-on skin

Aug 5, 2012 10:39am

How to build a superhuman athlete

Aug 3, 2012 06:43pm

Fruitfly DNA shows why women may live longer than men

Aug 2, 2012 02:28pm

Performance profiling as an anti-doping tool?

Aug 1, 2012 05:42pm

How depression and anxiety can shorten your lifespan

Aug 1, 2012 06:31am

What's driving health care costs? Not the technology

Jul 30, 2012 11:02pm

Sewage analysis reveals illicit drug use

Jul 28, 2012 04:13pm

Which countries will run out of food first?

Jul 28, 2012 07:30am

Which performance-enhancing fitness products stand up to science?

Jul 25, 2012 10:48am

Stem cells can restore memory

Jul 24, 2012 10:20pm

Top disease-spreading airports in the U.S.

Jul 23, 2012 10:12pm

Three space mice have lots to share about astronaut health

Jul 20, 2012 01:48pm

Are genetically modified mosquitoes coming to America?

Jul 19, 2012 08:15am

FDA approves most promising diet drug yet

Jul 18, 2012 01:23pm

23 naked photos can help diagnose skin cancer with new iPhone app

Jul 17, 2012 10:08pm

FDA approves first preventative HIV drug

Jul 17, 2012 06:37am

Moth eye inspires radiation-reducing materials

Jul 16, 2012 11:25pm

U.S. military develops implantable muscles

Jul 16, 2012 12:03pm

Detecting Alzheimer's decades before symptoms show

Jul 13, 2012 11:52pm

Gloves turn sign language into speech

Jul 12, 2012 09:00pm

NASA will simulate Mars mission to test astronaut food

Jul 12, 2012 03:00am

Diagnose Parkinson's by making a 3-minute phone call

Jul 11, 2012 10:58pm

Cheap diabetes test made of paper

Jul 11, 2012 09:22pm

Russians "grow" synthetic voiceboxes

Jul 11, 2012 10:28am

Entrepreneur will sit on toilet until he raises funds

Jul 11, 2012 08:02am

New clot-buster is like Liquid-Plumr for blood vessels

Jul 9, 2012 10:46pm

Control a robot with thoughts from inside a brain scanner

Jul 9, 2012 12:19am

Meet Desperate Debra, the emergency C-section simulator

Jul 6, 2012 03:26pm

Scientists reach "holy grail" of tissue engineering

Jul 5, 2012 03:00am

First ever T-cell vaccine could combat viral infections

Jul 4, 2012 10:25pm

Back pains? Brain scans predict how long they'll last

Jul 3, 2012 07:08pm

More women seek over-the-counter orgasms

Jul 3, 2012 09:54am

First weight-loss drug approved in 13 years

Jul 2, 2012 10:24pm

Which body parts should you be allowed to sell?

Jul 2, 2012 11:48am

The best parrot genome you've ever read

Jul 1, 2012 04:00pm

Injectable microbubbles help you breathe, keep you alive

Jun 29, 2012 12:20pm

Citrus surgery? Doctors refine their craft on clementines

Jun 28, 2012 10:43pm

What the healthcare ruling means for biomedical research

Jun 28, 2012 03:53pm

Legal battle threatens access to noninvasive fetal DNA test

Jun 27, 2012 11:20pm

New test may avoid 25,000 unnecessary thyroid surgeries

Jun 27, 2012 08:45pm

Bio-Retina: new bionic eye implant is laser-powered

Jun 26, 2012 08:23pm

Doctors detect autism through a single brain reading

Jun 26, 2012 01:29pm

Learn x-ray, endoscope, and other physics terms in sign language

Jun 25, 2012 09:02pm

Two drugs to treat lethal radiation exposure

Jun 25, 2012 08:42pm

Swallowable ultrasound device could replace daily injections

Jun 25, 2012 08:28pm

Pfizer lied about safety of pain drug Celebrex

Jun 25, 2012 08:28am