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Giving Roger Ebert a New Voice: Q&A With CereProc Popular Mechanics caught up with Chris Pidcock, co-founder and chief voice engineer of CereProc, to learn how they recreated Roger Ebert's voice.
Lost's Spinal Surgery Claims Have No Backing in Modern Medicine In Lost's season premiere, Dr. Jack Shephard, a spinal surgeon, told John Locke, who is paralyzed from the waist down, that his injury might be reversible—that he might actually walk again. PM talks to experts to find out if it could really happen.
The Truth About 9 Anti-Vaccine Studies Now that the infamous 1998 Lancet study implicating vaccines for causing autism has been retracted, we investigate the scientific merit of some of the other studies from over the last decade that anti-vaccination advocates say back up their claims.
Anti-Vaccination Groups Dealt Blow as Lancet Study is Retracted A 1998 study in The Lancet medical journal that largely launched the dangerous anti-vaccination movement has been officially retracted. Here are the details on the ethical and scientific missteps that eventually lead to the editors pulling this study.
Next-Gen Transplant Techniques Can Stop Organ Rejection With advances in technology and new techniques for transplantation, the medical community hopes the body's misguided defense system—which perceives a donor organ as foreign and, therefore, dangerous—will soon concede defeat to science.
How Doctors Without Borders Set Up Field Hospitals in Haiti Setting up a medical response amid the ruins of a nation takes a long time, in a situation when every second counts.
How to Handle the Dead in Haiti Few scenes are as haunting as those seen in Haiti this week, with thousands of corpses in the streets and others dumped into huge graves. The bodies do not pose a health risk to Haitians, but they must be handled with care. Here's how to deal with the dead.
How to Create a Designer Baby Increasingly sophisticated genetic tests make it possible for parents to choose their baby’s traits. Here are three ways babies are born to specifications. (Published in the January 2010 issue)
Brown Fat Revelations May Lead to New Weight Loss Drugs Scientists have found a new way to rev the body's metabolism: Activate its fat cells. Here's the science behind what may be the weight-loss breakthrough of the next decade. (Published in the January 2010 issue)
Fringe's Misplaced Memory Science: Sci Fi Fact vs Fiction In this week's "Gray Matters," the Fringe team investigates strange brain experiments, and the possibility that memories can be extracted and implanted at will. Neurologist Steven Novella helps us think it over.
Can Parasites Heal as Well as Harm? Fringe Fact vs Fiction Fringe came back from Thanksgiving with a nauseating investigation into the gruesome deaths of a group of Chinese nationals. "Snakehead" explores the possibility of using parasites in healing medicine, with humans as incubators.
Five Body Parts You May Be Able to Regrow Soon(ish) While humans may never be able to regenerate body parts they've lost, scientists are perfecting ways to create different types of replacement tissue using stem cells or techniques that kick-start regrowth and development.
Is Fringe's Ritalin-Inspired Mind Control Cocktail Possible? The latest episode of Fringe had us thinking about mind control theories. To sort the pseudo- from the science, we talked to Steven Novella, clinical neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine.
5 Animal Genomes That May Hold Cures to Human Diseases The Genome 10K project proposes decoding the genetic blueprints of 10,000 species of vertebrates—essentially, one member of each genus. Here are five species that have had their genomes sequenced—and what scientists expect they will contribute to human health.
How to Use a Cyclotron Particle Accelerator to Fight Cancer How do you you target radiation treatments to kill only cancer cells? First, build a particle accelerator. Second: Aim carefully. Here's how the University of Pennsylvania's $144 million "smart bomb" cyclotron works. (Published in the November 2009 issue)
On Fringe, Brain-Computer Interface Chips Have Real-Life Inspiration In Fringe's latest episode, a chip implanted in people's brains turns them into murderers. PM spoke with Dr. David Carley, direct of the Center for Narcolepsy, Sleep and Health Research at the University of Illinois Chicago to find out more.
Can Worms Help Recover Memory? Fringe Fact vs Fiction The latest episode of Fringe looks at brain function as Agent Dunham begins to piece together her memories from an alternate dimension. PM talked to Carmela Tartaglia of the University of California, San Francisco's Memory and Aging Center.
10 Most Brilliant Innovators of 2009: Lab-On-A-Chip Diagnostics Thanks to microfluidics, also known as lab-on-a-chip technology, a new generation of handheld diagnostic devices may soon arrive in the world’s advanced hospitals. (Published in the November 2009 issue)
Robotic Surgeons Take Over at a Hospital Near You Once considered oddities, multiarmed robots are becoming mainstays in hospital operating rooms. The industry trailblazer is the da Vinci HD Surgical System, a multiarmed assistant that is directly controlled by a surgeon who sits at a nearby console. (Published in the October 2009 issue)
Fringe's Human Mutant Not Possible, Says Expert PM sat down with Dr. Richard Myers of Stanford University's Department of Genetics and the president and director of the Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology to find out if real-life mutants, like the one on this week's episode of Fringe are possible.
The 7 Best First Aid Kits For Any Situation In order to figure out the essentials of the first-aid kit, PM spoke with Col. Ian Wedmore, the emergency medicine consultant to the surgeon general of the U.S. Army, and Myke Hawke, survival expert, author and founder of a survival training company.
No Need for Panic About "Toxic" Shower Heads: Reality Check Prompted by a study tracing bacterial contamination to shower heads, news outlets across the globe have broadcast panicked reports claiming that shower heads can kill you with a blast of bacteria. Really? PM's investigation throws cold water on the claims.
Debunking 5 Prevalent Swine Flu Myths Experts are predicting that the H1N1 strain of influenza—or, what we've been calling swine flu—could come roaring back after a relatively quiet summer. PM examines some of the myths that have been circulating about H1N1 in the last few months.
7 Next-Gen Bandages That Help Heal Wounds In recent years, teams of nanoscientists, engineers and surgeons have revolutionized the way we treat some of our most basic injuries. Their work has lead to wound dressings that dramatically speed clotting, prevent scar formation or encourage healing.
Inventor Dean Kamen Says Healthcare Debate "Backward Looking" Inventor Dean Kamen challenges the notion that the U.S. has a "healthcare crisis." Rather than slowing the pace of medical progress in order to cut costs, he argues, America should be encouraging more innovation in life-saving drugs and technologies.
7 Really Nasty Diseases You Can Get From Animals Everyone knows about rabies and the bird flu. But there are other, equally (if not more) awful zoonotic diseases people can contract from both wild and domestic animals. Here are the seven most vile.
4 Next-Generation Medical Procedures Whether the goal is better hearing or sharper looks, researchers continue their efforts to improve the features nature gave us. These head-centered therapies employ everything from stem cells to tiny electronics in their pursuit of aesthetic advantage. (Published in the July 2009 issue)
6 Future Mods for Our Minds and Bodies To find innovative new solutions to the world's toughest technical challenges, we called some of America's smartest engineers and scientists for their quick fixes and long-term plans. Here, we look at 6 future modifications to upgrade our bodies. (Published in the July 2009 issue)
Vaccines in Space: Taking Biotech to Microgravity Labs Recently, International Space Station crews conducted a trailblazing microgravity vaccine experiment on behalf of a company to thwart drug-resistant infections. The trick: growing superdiseases in space.
Brain Man: Questions for Neuroergonomics Expert Raja Parasuraman Raja Parasuraman's career is focused on mapping the limits of the human mind. Recently, he began tracing genetic differences in people's brains that cause some to be cognitive superheroes while others can't remember to match their socks.
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