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Meet Nobel Prize winner Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, who let doctors see into your blood

Her radioimmunoassay technique enabled scientists to measure hundreds of trace biological substances for the first time

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Who decides when life begins? How do we define a disease? What kind of gene edits should be allowed?

Who has the answers to the questions posed by genetic modification?

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The Next Human: Brain and Body as Connected Devices

Is there a difference if the tool is in our hand or if it is an implant in our brain?

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More than 10 percent of healthy people hallucinate. You can likely thank dopamine

The brain chemical associated with reward also seems to distort our perceptions

Four facts about Marie Tharp, the woman whose art mapped the bottom of the sea

She discovered the Earth's 'backbone' even though men wouldn't let her on a ship for 17 years

Neurons die with grace

Neuroscientist Emily Lowry’s ongoing research on how and why nerve cells die has implications for Alzheimer’s, ALS and beyond.