The quest to find out how our bodies react to extreme temperatures
It’s the 25th of June and I’m shivering in my lab-issued underwear in Fort Worth, Texas. Libby Cowgill, an anthropologist in a furry parka, has...
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The Download: Our bodies’ memories, and Traton’s electric trucks
The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The Trump administration has laid off thousands of federal...
The Download: Our bodies’ memories, and Traton’s electric trucks
“Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk about...
How do our bodies remember?
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the...
“Spare” living human bodies might provide us with organs for transplantation
The very existence of synthetic embryos is throwing into question our understanding of what a human embryo even is. “Is it the thing that is...
Ethically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine
Even if it all works, it may not be practical or economical to “grow” bodyoids, possibly for many years, until they can be mature enough...