Stories

• Nathan’s story

  A Warrant Officer’s account of homesickness.

  15 June 2015

  • Society, Identity
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  Oh, Vienna!

  We sent photographer Samuel Bradley to Vienna to reimagine John Osborne’s year there.

  15 June 2015

  • Society, Identity
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  Can gaming help me see in 3D?

  Nic Fleming explores new therapies based on video games in the hope of getting his first glimpse of 3D vision.

  09 June 2015

  • Tech, Human enhancement
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  How to mend a broken heart

  The need to mend broken hearts has never been greater. But what if we could simply manufacture a new one? Alex O’Brien studies the legacy of Texan surgeons and artificial hearts.

  02 June 2015

  • Health, Disease

• Could a dead heart save lives?

  Surgeons say they have performed the first transplant using a 'dead' heart. Could this fill the deficit of donor hearts?

  01 June 2015

  • Health, Disease
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  Hacking the nervous system

  One nerve connects your vital organs, sensing and shaping your health. If we learn to control it, the future of medicine will be electric. By Gaia Vince.

  26 May 2015

  • Mind, Pain

• Ups and downs in the nervous system

  Is your nervous system being hacked by the bacteria in your gut? Gaia Vince investigates.

  25 May 2015

  • Mind, Neuroscience

• A nervy way to lose weight

  Gaia Vince describes a device that deals directly with the nervous system to help control obesity.

  25 May 2015

  • Mind, Neuroscience

• Bioelectric dreams

  Treating disease could become far more precise by using bioelectronics rather than drugs.

  25 May 2015

  • Mind, Neuroscience
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  DIY prosthetics: the extreme athlete who built a new knee

  Brian Bartlett lost his leg at 24. Rose Eveleth hears how a man who just wanted to ski again invented a new kind of knee.

  19 May 2015

  • Tech, Human enhancement

• The printed prosthesis revolution

  Could open-source 3D printing revolutionise children’s prostheses? Fathima Simjee reports.

  18 May 2015

  • Tech, Human enhancement
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  Step-by-step: prosthetic legs through the ages (gallery)

  The evolution of prosthetic legs and knees over 500 years, and the innovators behind them.

  18 May 2015

  • Tech, Human enhancement

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