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  • Researcher Lee Fisher (left) is working to merge prosthetic limbs with the nervous system. Pat Bayne (right) says a prototype has partially restored her sense of touch: "I know there's no hand there, but I can feel it."
    Researchers work to create a sense of touch in prosthetic limbs
    A team at the University of Pittsburgh is equipping artificial hands and feet with sensors that are linked to a person's own nervous system. Preliminary results, though limited, are promising.
  • Philosopher William MacAskill coined the term "longtermism" to convey the idea that humans have a moral responsibility to protect the future of humanity, prevent it from going extinct and create a better future for many generations to come. He outlines this concept in his new book, <em>What We</em> Owe<em> the Future</em>.
    How can we help humans thrive trillions of years from now? This philosopher has a plan
    William MacAskill's book, What We Owe the Future, urges today's humans to protect future humans — an idea he calls longtermism. Here are a few of his hardly modest proposals.
  • Navy corpsman Maria Potts-Szoke performs a COVID-19 test on Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan Jan. 24. The test was part of a Marine Corps study that's monitoring the long term health of service members who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19.
    The military is trying to learn more about long COVID. Troops who have it worry about their careers.
    Little is known about COVID-19 cases in which symptoms persist for months. Affected service members may have trouble performing their duties or getting treatment.
  • University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas at the 2022 Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in February. Thomas, a transgender woman, has been at the center of the debate around transgender athletes.
    Americans are deeply divided on transgender rights, a poll shows
    An NPR/Ipsos poll shows a stark partisan split on laws that prevent transgender youth from accessing medical care for gender transition.
  • President Biden speaks at a Democratic National Committee holiday party on Tuesday in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff listen. The Biden Administration announced its action plan this week to replace the country's lead pipes, which impacts up to 10 million households.
    Lead pipes have contaminated water for decades. Biden's new plan will replace them
    The White House released an action plan to replace lead pipes and lead paint in the U.S. within the next decade. Lead contamination is known to have detrimental effects on the brain and kidneys.
  • Nature Therapy Experience
    Nature Therapy is an easy-paced, guided tour which produces a calming, internal experience. Participants are invited to connect with nature gradually, through a series of simple exercises using their senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell or touch, during a stroll through The Water Conservation Garden, and a brief sit in our outdoor spaces. The formula is simple, and the resulting emotional wellness and inner peace taps into our sixth sense; the state of mind. Your instructor and guide for Nature Therapy is a Garden Docent with a PhD in performance psychology, specializing in wellness strategies. Nature Therapy in The Garden appeals to many types of people whether intellectually, physically, or emotionally-centered individuals, and is all-inclusive, suitable for any fitness level, and a wonderful fit for seniors. Exercises and methods are based on the Japanese ‘Forest Bathing’ practice known as shinrin-yoku, which means “taking in the forest.” Among the benefits of forest bathing, say practitioners and researchers, are improved mood, relaxation, lower cortisol levels, connections with nature and insight. This program has been adapted for safe, physical-distancing and masks are required for Garden entry. Safety protocols for social-distancing: Limited capacity (6 people) For more information, please visit https://thegarden.org/learn/nature-therapy/
  • A look at two sides of life in the Gaza Strip right now
    There's a deadly battle taking place in the region. At the same time, progress is being made to clean up the territory's Mediterranean beaches as the people seek an escape from the violence.
  • A $4 million, three stories tall, 118 feet long wave machine at Scripps Institution of Oceanography is shown on Nov. 29, 2021.
    Scripps oceanographers celebrate completion of massive new ocean simulator
    The $4 million device is three stories tall, 118 feet long and could be the key to understanding oceans and climate change.
  • Cox Medical Center in Branson, Mo., is implementing a personal panic button system for hundreds of its employees. Assaults of hospital staff tripled from 2019-2020, the hospital says.
    A Hospital Gives Its Staff Panic Buttons After Assaults By Patients Triple
    From 2019 to 2020, assaults on hospital staff by patients tripled at Cox Medical Center in Branson, Mo. Now personal panic buttons are being implemented to alert hospital security more easily.
  • Daria Nadar, pastry chef and owner of "Oh My Cake," proudly stands in front of her bakery in Hillcrest in this file photo taken Feb. 28, 2022.
    San Diego woman makes emotional connection with family in Ukraine
    Hillcrest's Oh My Cake bakery owner wants her family to come to the U.S. from Ukraine, but they say they want to stay.
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