A new magnetic surgical system allows surgeons to make fewer incisions and have better views during gallbladder removals
A Stanford geneticist may be onto something. Body data collected by smartwatches and other sensors can tip us off to brewing colds or infections
A London-based company is selling North Sense, a body-anchored device that vibrates when it faces magnetic north
Scientists want to know if astronauts can hibernate during long spaceflights. First, they need to understand what hibernation is
Researchers at the Salk Institute in California have successfully induced cells to behave like younger cells
Thanks to advances in neuroscience, researchers are beginning to disentangle powerful pain relief from addiction, overdose and death
How manipulating the immune systems of mosquitoes can halt the spread of dengue virus
A flashy MIT study changes perspective on the disease
Transplanting an entire piece of retinal tissue into the eyes of blind mice appears to work better than just transplanting cells
British researchers are using a newly patented technique involving stem cells to repair the common knee injury
Two decades after the "earmouse," researchers have mastered a powerful technique for growing ears from fat-derived stem cells
In the past three decades, scientists have confronted a worsening epidemic of stranded Kemp's ridley sea turtles
The learning disorder may be less a problem with language processing, and more a problem with the brain rewiring itself
Radiologist and <em>Atlantic</em> editor James Hamblin provides the answers we'd hear "If Our Bodies Could Talk"
An artificial “nose” could be the next tool for diagnosing illnesses from cancer to Crohn's disease
Surveys of thousands of American teens add evidence to the theory that violence spreads in communities like a contagion
Holiday editions add a much-needed dose of humor to boring journal-ese. But is entertaining readers worth the risk of misleading them?
Setting large piles of stuff aflame can have significant environmental and human health impacts
Some viruses might take it easier on women—to get to their children
Cold and flu viruses transfer in very different ways than we think
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