A terrible accident left construction worker Phineas Gage with serious brain damage. Amazingly, he recovered – forever changing our understanding of the human brain.
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Animation by Sheetal Thankey, narrated by Claudia Hammond
A simple difference in the genetic code – two X chromosomes versus one X chromosome and one Y chromosome – can lead to major differences in heart disease. It turns
Black adults living with long COVID pointed to challenges with their physical health – rather than their mental health – when asked to describe their long-COVID symptoms. That is one
More than three-quarters of American adults didn’t get a covid shot last season, a figure that health care experts warn could rise this year amid new U.S. government recommendations. The
