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Technology

The 50 greatest innovations of 2024

By Popular Science Team

Close up of 3D printed cartilage cell block
Science

New bioprinter 3D prints human tissue 10x faster

By Andrew Paul

a body on a morgue table with only the feet showing and a toe tag on the big toe
Health

What happens when you donate your body to science? 

By RJ Mackenzie

a scan of a zebrafish with its eye highlighted in green and other parts of its anatomy stained red and blue
Science

Mapping the shifting gaze of ‘fishlets’

By Laura Baisas

This fluorescence image shows chloroplasts (magenta colored) successfully incorporated into the hamster cells, with other features of the animal cell also highlighted (nuclei in light blue and organelles in yellow-green).
Science

Bioengineers made mutant, solar-powered hamster cells

By Andrew Paul

da Vinci Surgical System practicing sutures on pork loin
Technology

Watch a robot operate on a pork loin

By Andrew Paul

a person performs CPR
Health

Bystander CPR done within 10 minutes likely increases survival rates

By Laura Baisas

Close up of two rhesus monkeys
Science

43 rhesus macaques have escaped from South Carolina’s ‘Monkey Farm’

By Andrew Paul

Human tissue sample created in 3D bioprinter
Science

Bioprinting breakthrough uses acoustic waves to create lab-grown human tissue

By Andrew Paul

Gila monster
Science

Gila monster spit inspired a new way to detect rare pancreatic tumors

By Andrew Paul

five toothbrushes in a cup on a bathroom sink
Science

The next lifesaving antibiotic might be a virus on your toothbrush

By Laura Baisas

Nurse putting blood pressure monitor arm band on patient
Science

How to ensure your doctor measures your blood pressure correctly

By Andrew Paul

a snake with an open mouth and visible fangs
Environment

New tool helps scientists identify venomous snakes

By Laura Baisas

a woman scratches several red mosquito bites on her shoulder
Health

‘Ancient, funny’ cells are to blame for itchy mosquito bites

By Laura Baisas

A freshly-collected batch of venomous cone snails.
Health

Precise, lethal sea snail toxin could one day lead to better medicines

By Laura Baisas

A transparent zebrafish in a tank in a laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Paris on June 20, 2023.
Science

Zebrafish regenerate their spinal cords in a surprising way

By Laura Baisas

The device, which is about the size of a stick of gum, can be implanted under the skin, where it monitors heart rate, breathing rate, and other vital signs. When it determines that an overdose has occurred, it rapidly pumps out a dose of naloxone.
Health

First-of-its-kind implant detects and treats opioid overdoses

By Tom Hawking

Neuralink N1 Device breakdown component illustration
Health

39% of electrodes work after second ‘successful’ human Neuralink implant

By Andrew Paul

a fruit fly intestine. it is a long and narrow coiled tube with green coloration from dye
Animals

Swapping genes can help fruit flies regenerate cells

By Laura Baisas

Toxoplasma gondii oocyst under the microscope, isolated
Biology

Bioengineered parasites may one day deliver meds into your brain

By Andrew Paul