A Brazilian scientist has developed robot suits that move based on the wearer's brain signals.
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Mind-Controlled Robot Suits Help the Paralyzed Move Again
Critical Rocket Launch Will Help Crown the Winner of the New Space Race
Private rocket-builders are competing for a NASA contract to supply the International Space Station. First they have to get there.
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You’re Only Human, But Your Kids Could Be So Much More
What to think about when you're thinking about making a genetically modified baby.
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How Many C-Sections Is Too Many C-Sections?
Nobody knows how to make babies any more.
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Crispr Is Getting Better. Now It’s Time to Ask the Hard Ethical Questions
When Chinese scientists announced in April they had edited human embryos using a new genetic tool called Crispr, the headlines blared “designer babies” and the wider world woke up to Crispr’s power.
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Amazing Micrographs Show What Cells Really Look Like
The photos in this gallery show the tiny building blocks of life in rich, strange detail.
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Peek Inside ILC Dover, the Company That Makes NASA’s Space Suits
A photographer goes inside the company that makes NASA's space suits and finds the place surprisingly low key, almost mundane.
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The Asteroid in The Good Dinosaur Travels at Half the Speed of Light
In the trailer for The Good Dinosaur, we see an asteroid zooming past the Earth. How fast is this asteroid?
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Architecture Builds on the Intricate Structure of Bone
Buildings can learn a lot from your femurs.
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Microbiome Startup uBiome Will Sequence Poop for the CDC
uBiome wants to shift its business from direct-to-consumer kits to clinical tests ordered by doctors.
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