Prosthetics Roundup
Researchers are trying to make artificial limbs more like real ones.
Podcast
Hurricane Katrina and global warming, your skin and your health, and advances in prosthetics …
Lead Levels
Even at exposures well below federal safety standards, lead can lower IQ.
Katrina Carbon
By killing millions of trees, Hurricane Katrina and future storms may worsen global warming.
Vacation Photos
Computer scientists are using vacation photos found on the internet to create virtual 3-D models of …
Podcast
Science or Nonsense? Science confronts alternative medicine and vaccine myths. Also: Can we learn …
Vaccine Myths
A listener asks: is there any truth to rumors that vaccines cause autism?
Social Brains
A new brain study shows that comparing your own financial situation to someone else's can affect …
Alternative Medicine
So-called "alternative" medical therapies and treatments promise relief from chronic illness when …