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People at the 1904 World’s Fair Paid Half the Price of Admission for a Box of Cotton Candy
Celebrating cotton candy’s sugary, innovative goodness
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What Skateboarding Tells Us About Innovation
Rodney Mullen, the godfather of skateboarding, says the sport is all about overcoming disbelief and seeking new connections
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Drilling Deep: How Ancient Chinese Surgeons Opened Skulls and Minds
A new review finds evidence that the Chinese performed trepanation more than 3,500 years ago
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Remembering Barney Clark, Whose Ethically Questionable Heart Transplant Advanced Science
Three decades ago, a dentist agreed to receive the first artificial heart. And then things went downhill
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Could Magic Mushrooms One Day Help Cancer Patients Face Down Death?
Two new studies show the promise of psilocybin for patients with anxiety and depression
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Why This Robotic Medical Device Belongs in a Museum
William Bargar and Howard “Hap” Paul revolutionized joint replacement surgery by developing a robot to do the job
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Head Transplant Patient Will Use Virtual Reality to Smooth Transition to New Body
The controversial surgical procedure is currently scheduled for next year
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New Technology Shows Fetuses From the Inside Using Virtual Reality
It’s a view that could change prenatal care
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Homeopathic Remedies Now Require Disclaimers Saying They’re Not Scientific
The FTC recently announced a policy requiring alternative treatment labels to acknowledge the lack of scientific founding of their claims
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CRISPR Gene Editing Used to Treat Patient for the First Time
Chinese scientists injected a cancer patient with T-cells modified to attack tumor cells
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Scientists May Have Figured Out How to Make Poison Ivy Itch Less
Researchers identify a protein associated with itchy rash in mice
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U.S. Military Tests Brain Stimulation to Sharpen Mental Skills
Could electrodes one day replace pill bottles in the theatre of war?
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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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