The emerald jewel wasp’s unusual arrival into the world—bursting from the body of a zombified cockroach it has eaten from […]
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Twenty years have passed since I first met Aubrey de Grey, the man with the Methuselah beard. Back then he […]
What happens when we lose weight? This is really a question about how our bodies store and use the energy […]
An exoskeleton that uses machine learning to adapt to its wearers’ gait could help make it easier for people with […]
Human neurons transplanted into a rat’s brain continue to grow, forming connections with the animals’ own brain cells and helping […]
Something was wrong, but Thomas Schmickl couldn’t put his finger on it. It was 2007, and the Austrian biologist was […]
Hello, and welcome back to The Checkup! I’m back home in London after last week’s trip to the Swiss Alps […]
Hello, hallo, and bonjour! This week’s Checkup is coming to you from Switzerland. It’s still dark when I arrive at the […]
In a recent trial, a bionic pancreas that automatically delivers insulin proved more effective than pumps or injections at lowering […]