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$Scientists in South Korea have modified a glue gun to generate bone grafts and print them directly onto fractures in animals.$

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Doctors Modify Hot Glue Gun to Stick Broken Bones Back Together

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have created contact lenses that they claim allow people to see in the dark with the help of infrared light.

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Researchers Say New Contact Lenses Let You See in the Dark

By Victor Tangermann

Using a device that functions kind of like a shock collar, researchers say they have found a fascinating, if not grisly, way to treat PTSD.

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Scientists Say Shock Collar-Like Device Can Treat PTSD

By Noor Al-Sibai

Adrian Thiessen had a vitamin-sized capsule camera trapped in his intestines for over six months. He says it saved his life.

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Meet the Man Who Got a High-Tech PillCam Stuck Inside His Intestines for Six Months — and Says It Saved His Life

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Health data collected from senator Cory Booker's record-breaking Senate speech shows the obvious: a 25-hour filibuster is hard, actually!

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Cory Booker Releases Oura Ring Data From His 25-Hour Speech

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

We spoke to the bright engineering minds who brought a vape-connected "Tamagotchi" — which dies if you don't inhale — to life.

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We Talked to the Inventors of the “Tamagotchi” Vape That Dies If You Stop Puffing

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk has been accused by his number-one nemesis, "212" rapper Azealia Banks, of having a "botched penis implant."

Prosthetics and Devices

Let’s Talk About Botched Weiner Implants

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's brain chip company is entering its next phase of experiments: seeing if patients can move a robotic arm using their minds.

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Neuralink Testing Robot Arm Controlled by Brain Chip

By Noor Al-Sibai

Several people in northern Switzerland have been arrested following a death inside a "suicide pod" dubbed Sarco.

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“Several People” Arrested After Helping Woman Use Suicide Pod

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers developed a implantable device that can detect the first signs of an opioid overdose and then rapidly inject naloxone.

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Implantable Device Can Detect and Reverse Opioid Overdose

By Sharon Adarlo

Using an amazing new brain chip, a man who'd lost the ability to speak is now able to communicate his thoughts out loud using his own voice.

Prosthetics and Devices

Groundbreaking Brain Chip Allows Man With ALS to “Speak” Again

By Noor Al-Sibai

The CDC is finally, after years of outcry, recommending doctors discuss pain management with patients before IUD insertions.

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The CDC Is Finally Recommending Pain Management For Excruciatingly Painful IUD Insertions

By Noor Al-Sibai

Neuralink has implanted its second brain chip into a human — even as the first person to ever get one admits that his has lost functionality.

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As Neuralink Implants Second Subject’s Brain, First Patient Says His Doesn’t Work as Well Anymore

By Noor Al-Sibai

Neuralink competitor Synchron has announced that its brain-computer interface can now be hooked up to Apple's Vision Pro headset.

Prosthetics and Devices

Brain Implant Hooked Up to Control VR Headset

By Victor Tangermann

A dental robotics company claims to have used an AI-controlled robot to perform the first fully autonomous dental procedure on a human.

Prosthetics and Devices

Robot Performs First Ever Fully Autonomous Dental Surgery on Live Patient

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at MIT have developed a new prosthetic leg that can be controlled via brain signals, a notable achievement in the space.

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New Bionic Leg Can Be Controlled by the Wearer’s Brain

By Victor Tangermann