Mosaic

[:eu]Governments around the world were slow to get to grips with HIV/AIDS. But a big change came when they started understanding it not just as a health issue but as […]

[:eu]Can virtual reality really soothe pain? Jo Marchant meets the doctors who say yes, and who hope this is a solution for the country consuming 80 per cent of the […]

[:eu]You may not think of the buzz and whine of insects as musical, but the distinctive pitch of mosquito wingbeats could tell us how to fight malaria.[:]

[:eu]Diagnosed with leukaemia in his early 40s, Chris Lihosit was saved by umbilical cord blood from three babies. But why is cord blood banking still the exception rather than the […]

[:eu]Gaia Vince discovers that analysing the genetics of ancient humans means changing ideas about our evolution.[:]

[:eu]For people who are missing limbs, 3D printing can make new prosthetics – faster, cheaper and better. It could transform mobility for millions around the world.[:]

[:eu]Surgeons and their patients are finding that virtual reality can relieve the pain and stress of operations – and it’s safer and cheaper than sedatives.[:]

[:eu]Aching, throbbing, searing, excruciating – pain is difficult to describe and impossible to see. So how can doctors measure it? [:]

[:en]When Tal Golesworthy was told he was at risk of his aorta bursting, he wasn’t impressed with the surgery on offer – so he came up with his own idea.[:]