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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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New Study Calls the Reliability of Brain Scan Research Into Question
Three million analyses point to a problem with fMRI brain activity studies
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Why People Abandon High-Tech Prosthetics
That Luke Skywalker prosthetic arm may strike the average user as less than sensational
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A half century ago, a young doctor took on a deadly form of cancer—and the scientific establishment
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Editing of Human Genes May Begin by Year’s End in the U.S.
The first-ever trial of CRISPR in the U.S. will test if it’s safe to edit T cells in cancer patients
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Why We’re Giving People 20 Percent Doses of the Yellow Fever Vaccine
Vaccine stores in Africa have repeatedly been depleted. The WHO’s decision to allow mini-doses reflects a precarious—and cyclical—shortage
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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
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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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How Drunk Are You? Ask Your Bracelet
The BACtrack Skyn, a wearable similar in style to a Fitbit, tracks your blood alcohol level in real time
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