SoT 57: Crushed By A Genital

Published: May 26, 2012, 7:29 a.m.

Hosts:\xa0Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Lucas Randall, Kate Naughton.

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Stroke victims control a robotic arm using just their thoughts. By rerouting nerves, surgeons restore some hand motion to a quadriplegic. Possibly the oldest cave art we know of features female genitalia. Transplanting human genes into zebrafish gives\xa0some clues about the genetics of autism, schitzophrenia and obesity. Scientists develop a potential malarial vaccine, from algae. Some viruses, stacked on top of each other, can be used to produce electricity.