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6 body parts that hid from science in plain sight
Medicine // 

  The human body has just upped its official organ count. Researchers have recently proposed that the mesentery,...

Kate Baggaley at 10:34 AM Jan 10 2017
A Protozoan Prospect For Nutritional Supplementation
Hacks // 

The human body is well equipped to produce a number of vital nutrients for survival but some are simply not made and ...

Jason Tetro at 11:02 AM Jun 15 2016
Smart Plankton-Like Particles Could Swim Upstream In The Human Body
Medicine // 

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Alexandra Ossola at 10:36 AM May 4 2015
Out Today: The First Catalog Of All The Proteins In The Human Body
Medicine // 

Two teams of scientists are publishing today first drafts of the human proteome. The proteome is a catalog of all of ...

Francie Diep at 09:21 AM May 29 2014
Screws Made From Silk Could Be Used In Surgical Implants
Science // 

We've mentioned this before, but one of the coolest candidates for Material of the Future is silk. It's insanely ...

Colin Lecher at 09:45 AM Mar 6 2014
The First Shirt That Lowers Your Body Temperature
Tech // 

The human body already has a highly efficient cooling system: As perspiration evaporates, it draws heat away from ...

Berne Broudy at 06:36 AM Aug 2 2012
An Integrated Circuit Made of Ions Could Bring Computing Into Your Cells
Medicine // 

The human body isn't a metal machine, but it's still plenty complicated, and regulating it like a machine is tough ...

Colin Lecher at 07:02 AM May 31 2012
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