Can This App Cure Your Fear of Flying?
No, you’re not plummeting from the sky. But the SkyGuru app can help explain why it might feel that way, using real-time flight data
Food Tasting Too Healthy? Just Add Scent
How scientists use smell to trick tastebuds—and brains
This Helmet Shows What’s Going On Inside a Person’s Brain
Researchers say it could help detect Alzheimer’s and even explain why some people have exceptional talents
Tiny “Neural Dust” Sensors Could One Day Control Prostheses or Treat Disease
These devices could last inside the human body indefinitely, monitoring and controlling nerve and muscle impulses
This Rio Restaurant Is Using Surplus Food From the Olympic Village to Feed the Homeless
At Refettorio Gastromotiva, top chefs from around the world are cooking five-star cuisine for the poor
These Microbe-Coated Seeds Could Help Us Thrive in a Dark, Dry Future
A Massachusetts-based startup is prepping for your basic apocalyptic scenario
Google Thinks These 20 Teenagers Could Change Our World for the Better
These kids from around the globe have created innovative new technologies, from malaria-testing apps to water-saving agriculture systems
Could This Painless Brain Stimulation Help Treat Depression and Alzheimer’s?
UNC researchers have shown that transcranial alternating current stimulation can help improve memory
3D Print Your Own Breakfast
A team of researchers at Columbia University has developed a 3D food printer capable of printing and cooking multiple ingredients at one time
Fighting Fake Pharmaceuticals with Tiny, Edible Bar Codes
Researchers have created bar codes so small they can be embedded in medications, creating a tool to combat the global problem of drug fraud
How to Regulate the Incredible Promise and Profound Power of Gene Drive Technology
An evolutionary ecologist argues that cutting-edge genetic research that could lead to species extinction should be handled with care
All the Extremely Absurd Ways People Are Fighting Zika at the Rio Olympics
Donning facial masks, wearing Zika-proof uniforms and freezing sperm: Does any of this stuff actually work?
Are We Close to Having a Blood Test That Detects Cancer?
New research into “liquid biopsies” is promising, but there’s still not proof they can find cancer in a healthy person
Instead of Painkillers, Some Doctors Are Prescribing Virtual Reality
Virtual reality therapy may be medicine’s newest frontier, as VR devices become better and cheaper
Why People Abandon High-Tech Prosthetics
That Luke Skywalker prosthetic arm may strike the average user as less than sensational
Childhood Leukemia Was Practically Untreatable Until Dr. Don Pinkel and St. Jude Hospital Found a Cure
A half century ago, a young doctor took on a deadly form of cancer—and the scientific establishment
Could This New Armband Prevent Thousands of Workplace Injuries and Fatalities Each Year?
Proxxi CEO Campbell Macdonald describes his cloud-connected wearable that detects high-voltage areas
Using Virtual Reality To Walk in the Shoes of Someone With Alzheimer’s
A British nonprofit has launched an app that simulates life with the neurodegenerative disease
Scientists May Be Able To Pack All Your Medications Into One “Personalized” Pill
And nine other things you never thought could be made on a 3D printer
See Over 2,000 Wax Models of Skin Diseases at This Swiss Medical Moulage Museum
It’s hard to look, and hard to look away, at this unique, and medically valuable, collection of wax blisters, hives and sores
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