Health

The procedure allowed people to walk faster, climb stairs better and avoid obstacles more easily.

SMART NEWS

New Bionic Leg and Surgical Procedure Allow People to Walk With More Control After Amputations

The new blood test, researchers hope, will help doctors diagnose Parkinson's disease years before symptoms occur, helping them provide more proactive treatments.

SMART NEWS

New Blood Test for Predicting Parkinson's Disease With A.I. Shows Promise, Study Suggests

To create mouse-rat "chimeras," researchers injected rat stem cells into mouse embryos that lacked some genes for brain development.

SMART NEWS

Researchers Breed Mice With Hybrid Brains Containing Cells From Rats

Environment

A chicken nugget made from cell-cultivated meat. The companies plan to start by selling their product to restaurants. 

SMART NEWS

USDA Approves First Lab-Grown Chicken in the United States

The Neo P1 starts at $179, roughly five to ten times the price of a normal pothos plant.

SMART NEWS

Could Genetically Modified Houseplants Clean the Air in Your Home?

A green crab, Carcinus maenas

SMART NEWS

New Hampshire Distillery Makes Whiskey Out of Invasive Crabs

Education

A new exhibition in Marseille recreates the famous cave and the art found within. 

SMART NEWS

Tour a Submerged Cave Packed With Paleolithic Art—Without Ever Venturing Underwater

Like a regular sail uses wind to navigate across an ocean, solar sails use the pressure exerted by sunlight to move through space. (Pictured: a conceptual illustration of a diffractive solar sail)

SMART NEWS

NASA’s New Solar Sail Could Soon Navigate in Space

A 3D animation created using data from LiDAR shows the urban center of Cotoca.

SCIENCE

Lost Cities of the Amazon Discovered From the Air