medical
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Looking Inside An Opera Singer’s Head With An MRI Is So Freaky
Video: For a never-before-seen look at how an opera singer is able to produce such an amazing sound, German baritone Michael Volle performed Song to the Evening Star from Wagner’s Tannhäuser during an MRI scan. The technique uses magnetic fields and radio waves to see right through the human body, and is able to capture…
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CareKit Is Apple’s Ambitious New Health Monitoring And Tracking Tool
Apple has introduced its most ambitious health service yet, an open-source app development platform called ‘CareKit’. It’s basically a way to help people keep track of their medical treatment, and to share information with doctors remotely.
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Australian Scientist Wins Ig Nobel Prize For Uncooking His Breakfast
Last week, the Ig Nobel Awards were held in a night that celebrates interesting discoveries made on the sillier side of science. Between a study of the usage of the word ‘huh’ and an experiment to make chickens walk like dinosaurs, the Prize for Chemistry was taken out by an Australian local — none other…
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Swallowing This Capsule Lets Doctors Keep Tabs On Gas In Your Gut
A build up of intestinal gases isn’t just an etiquette problem — it’s also linked to conditions like irritable bowl syndrome. So researchers have created a swallowable capsule packed with sensors that’s able to measure the concentration of gases inside a patient, and wirelessly relay that info back to a smartphone app.