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New Patch Could Help Reduce Peanut Allergies
A new study shows that a transdermal patch delivering tiny doses of peanut protein could help allergy sufferers tolerate larger exposure to peanuts
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How Hacking Neural Networks Can Help Amputees Flawlessly Crack an Egg
By tapping into the body’s nervous system, researchers could create touch-sensitive prosthetics
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Have Humans Hit Their Maximum Lifespan?
Researchers say 115 years old is the ceiling for most of us—with a few outliers able to live a bit longer
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Big Advancements in Ultra-Tiny Machines
The winning trio created the building blocks of nanomachines that have the potential to revolutionize many fields of science and industry
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Hear the Recreated Voice of Ötzi the Iceman
Using CT scans of the Neolithic man’s vocal tract, Italian researchers have approximated the way he pronounced his vowels
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Welcome the First “Three-Parent” Baby Into the World
Fertility doctor John Zhang and his team transplanted DNA from one egg to another to prevent a fatal mitochondrial disease
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New Movie Posters Turn Scientists Into Superheroes
The Center for Infectious Disease Research recasts the fight against disease in a series of movie and comic book-style posters
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The Story of a Resurrected Antiviral Could Hold Lessons for Combating Zika
How Stanford scientists used two genetic screening techniques in tandem to unravel the mystery of a discarded antiviral
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Identical Twin Puppies Confirmed for the First Time
Two Irish wolfhounds from South Africa shared the same placenta and have the same genetic makeup
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The Quest to Build the First Robotic Vagina
Your reproductive tract is a biological miracle, and researchers are trying to recreate it
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Deadly Fungal Infections Are Growing Antibiotic Resistance
Fungicides used in agriculture may be impacting the effectiveness of some medicines
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Unnerving Find: Cells That Control Goosebumps and Nipple Erections
A new study documents eight new types of nerve cells, including ones that control sweating and blood flow
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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
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Martin Couney carried a secret with him, but the results are unimpeachable
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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
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Cupping Isn’t the Only Strange Tactic Olympic Athletes Use to Get a Boost
Those painful cupping “hickies” are only the start—athletes go to great lengths to gain an edge
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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
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Why Ancestral Puebloans Honored People With Extra Digits
New research shows having extra toes or fingers was a revered trait among people living in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
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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
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How Fetus Dissections in the Victorian Era Helped Shape Today’s Abortion Wars
Besides teaching us about disease and human development, they molded modern attitudes of the fetus as distinct entity from the mother
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