Once we didn't know how aspirin works; now we know that it does a lot more than ease pain and inflammation
Give Marsha Ogilvie some bones, and she'll tell you the who, what and how . . . and she does it all with her hands
To dissect the din that daily assaults our ears, researchers from the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse are taking to the streets
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Persons with synesthesia experience "extra" sensations. The Letter T may be navy blue; a sound can taste like pickles
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Scientists dream of giving people new genes that will stop a disease or fix a problem. It is harder than anyone thought
By their first birthday, babies are getting locked into the sounds of the language they hear spoken
As deadly bacteria increasingly resist antibiotics, researchers try to improve a World War I era weapon
A new pandemic imperils half the world. Scientists think they know what has to be done, but the disease continues to outsmart them
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At MIT's Laboratory for Human and Machine Haptics, researchers are probing the inner workings of our hands
Raymond Damadian's medical imaging machine set off a revolution but not without controversy
Combine the power of nature, animal companionship and music, and you have a recipe for healing
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At the "house of pain," sports scientists are finding new ways to help great athletes get even better
Doctors and patients swear hypnosis works, but after years of research we still don't know how
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Now we can grow the cells from which all others derive, but ethical questions are involved
At the University of Vermont, scientists work to pinpoint the source of your pain
Visually impaired subscribers to recorded periodicals peruse everything from Forbes to Skeptical Inquirer
Mexico's Copper Canyon is home to great athletes, the Tarahumara
At a small hospital in Vermont, nurses practice medicine as an art, marshaling compassion and skill in equal measure
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