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Warning: Your hospital may kill you and they won’t report it

Medical error in hospitals is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. after heart disease and cancer — an estimated 210,000 to 400,000 deaths a year

New material temporarily tightens skin

“Second skin” polymer could also be used to protect dry skin and deliver drugs

This vitamin stops the aging process in organs, say Swiss researchers

A potential breakthrough for regenerative medicine, pending further studies

Electronic devices that melt in your brain

Bioresorbable devices promise to help eliminate the risks, cost, and discomfort associated with surgical extraction of current devices

Bee model could be breakthrough for autonomous drone development

WiFi capacity doubled at less than half the size

Could transform telecommunications by increasing speed and reducing size of cell phones, WiFi, and other devices

A robot for ‘soft tissue’ surgery outperforms surgeons

Let’s say you’re having intestinal surgery. Which do you choose: human or robot surgeon?

More evidence that you’re a mindless robot with no free will

How we may confabulate reality and rationalize irrational behavior

Astronomers discover potentially habitable planets just 40 light years from Earth

Best targets so far for search for extraterrestrial life

IBM makes quantum computing available free on IBM Cloud

You can run real or simulated experiments on an IBM quantum processor

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