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Tens of thousands of patients each year in the United States alone wake up at some point during surgery. Why we still know so little about anesthesia’s effects on the brain.
Tens of thousands of patients each year in the United States alone wake up at some point during surgery. Why we still know so little about anesthesia’s effects on the brain.
A philosopher argues that taking love-altering substances might not just be a good idea, but a moral obligation.
Overabundant skepticism about genetic manipulation in sports may be as dangerous as the hype that heralded its arrival.
Robot-assisted hysterectomy became 20 times more common between 2007 and 2010. |
Steelcase
Mobile computing has changed the way we communicate, the way we work ... and the way we lounge.
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Broadening online worlds could help maintain and improve cognitive abilities in old age.
Robert Hooke
Imagine the world before the microscope.
AP Photo
Jean Harlow died young, bedridden, and losing her hair.
flickr/grumpy puddin
A team of forensic experts are trying to stanch the flow of prescription drugs into the black market.
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Between 70 and 85 percent of women in the U.S. confronted with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome choose abortion -- but that number used to be higher.
Alexis Madrigal
A philosopher argues that taking love-altering substances might not just be a good idea, but a moral obligation.
Daniel Mall
Designers dreamed up patient records that can actually help and serve patients.
This gizmo gets my prize for most horrifying/fascinating thing to come out of the Consumer Electronics Show.
Tekniska Museet/National Museum of Science and Technology
Dr. Zander started a movement for movement itself.
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New super-thin mesh has the potential to be inserted into a woman's vagina to provide barely detectable contraception and HIV protection for several days.
Flickr
Parents-to-be can now safely determine their baby's gender, father, and certain chromosomal abnormalities during the first trimester.
GE
The interactive anatomy tool that facilitates patient-doctor communication and is also "social media ready"
Flickr
We may be closer than most realize to significant increases in life expectancy.
How robots will make your doctor obsolete. Plus: The emancipation of Barack Obama, how to save kids from online bullies, why romantic comedies are so bad, and more.
Mannequins That Mimic Humans 
Tanlines' Interactive Music Video 
Yawns