ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

surgery

Sergio Canavero

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Inside the mind of the man who wants to transplant human heads

Neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero likens himself to Peter Parker and Victor Frankenstein, and controversially claims that a successful human head transplant is imminent

Features

great war

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Broken faces of the Great War

Regulars

Art of auto rickshaw

Technology

Illuminating India: The genius of making a little go a long way

Culture

Heart in operating theatre

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Human hearts kept 'asleep' in a box can survive outside the body

News

Hands holding book

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

From statistics to surgery to psychology: Our favourite reads

Culture

A hand dangling a breast implant

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Breast implants can lessen gunshot injuries by slowing bullets

News

Two women posing for a selfie

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Don’t blame Instagram for the rise of botox and lip fillers

Analysis

Brain scan of person with Parkinson's

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Pig brain cells implanted into brains of people with Parkinson’s

News

surgeon practising with the new system

Technology

Augmented reality goggles give surgeons X-ray vision

News

Open-heart surgery

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Deadly infection spread by contaminated heart surgery machines

To get a new heart valve, patients have to undergo open-heart surgery. But a machine used in such procedures has been contaminating these implants

News

Technology

Virtual syringe lets surgeons practise piercing skin and muscle

News

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Baby has surgery to remove parasitic fetus growing inside him

News

Technology

Amputees control virtual prosthetic arm using nerve signals

News

Humans

Are caesareans really making us evolve to have bigger babies?

News

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop