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World’s First Artificial Heart Transplanted Successfully
(Health and Diseases)

The wait could soon be over for hundreds of thousands of people on heart transplant waiting lists as the medical community celebrates the first successful implantation of an artificial heart into a 75-year-old patient in Paris, paving the way for many long term robotic substitutes.

Goodbye Wheelchair: It is the Exoskeleton Time
(Health and Diseases)

If you are a fan of the “Iron Man” comic books and movie series, you are probably fascinated with the powered, flight-capable suit of armor that fictional industrialist Tony Stark puts on when he goes out to battle evildoers. Would not it be great to have one of those around?

Placebo Effect
(Health and Diseases)

Feed a sick man a dummy pill that he thinks will cure him, and often his health will improve in a similar way to someone taking real drugs. In other words, a bunch of nothing can improve your health.

The Threat of Antibiotic Resistance
(Health and Diseases)

More than eight decades ago, the discovery of antibiotics caused a revolution in the treatment of infections, transforming once deadly diseases that killed thousands every year into manageable health problems, treatable by a simple course of antibiotics.

World War II
(Education, Business, and Society)

World War II was a long and bloody war that lasted for six years.

PathChip: the Diagnostic Microchip
(Health and Diseases)

We have seen microchips, so many times in sci-fi movies. 

Movie Review: A Beautiful Mind
(Science in Arts and Culture)

Inspired by a true story about the extraordinary life of the Noble prize winner John Nash.

Superheroes of the Real World: Magnetic Man
(Human Body)

Meet Liew Thon Lin, the 78-year-old retired contractor from Malaysia, who is also the real life Human Magnet.

Superheroes of the Real World: RubberBoy
(Human Body)

Some people are just more flexible than others. 

Déjà vu
(Human Body)

You are traveling to Luxor for the first time, and touring around in Al Karnak Temple; suddenly, it seems as if you have been in that very spot before.

Superheroes of the Real World: A Tribute to Ben Underwood
(Human Body)

They called him a superhero and named him “Captain Sonar” and “The Boy who Sees without Eyes”.

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