
How Real-Time Brain Scanning Could Alleviate Pain
New imaging methods allow people to observe their brain activity in real-time. This technology could help combat brain-based disorders and improve learning

How Real-Time Brain Scanning Could Alleviate Pain
New imaging methods allow people to observe their brain activity in real-time. This technology could help combat brain-based disorders and improve learning

Data Stretching Back to 1959 May Explain Link Between Environment and Breast Cancer
The lives of mothers, daughters and granddaughters in the Bay Area may offer clues to the link between chemical exposure and disease


Childhood Cancer Is a Neglected Disease
Quality of care and survival rates have lagged in poorer countries

March 2013 Briefing Memo

Researchers Home in on Biological Ways to Restore Hearing [Excerpt]
In this excerpt from Shouting Won’t Help, journalist Katherine Bouton surveys cutting-edge research into biological ways to reverse the “sensioneural” hearing loss that she and millions of others suffer, caused by impaired function of the inner ear

New Sexual Revolution: Polyamory May Be Good for You
What swinging couples and committed polyamorists can teach monogamists about love

Synthetic Marijuana Harms Kidneys of 16 Users, CDC Reports
Hallucinations, heart problems and seizures also tied to illegal drug

Battered Skulls Reveal Violence among Stone Age Women
Contrary to findings from mass Stone Age graves, women were equally as likely to be victims of deadly blows as men

The Origins of the Olive Tree Revealed
DNA analysis reveals the olive was first domesticated in the eastern Mediterranean between 8,000 and 6,000 years ago

3-D Printed Human Embryonic Stem Cells Created for First Time
A cell printer could make 3-D human tissues for testing new drugs, growing organs or even printing cells directly inside the body

New Eyewear Could Help People with Red-Green Color Blindness
Glasses based on a new color vision theory are already being used medically to enhance vasculature and bruising beneath skin. Now they are being tested to aid those with color blindness, although the lenses inhibit the perception of yellows and blues

A Hacked Database Prompts Debate about Genetic Privacy
Experts urge transparency and new regulations to protect DNA donors