A small robotic surgeon was successfully launched to the International Space Station last week. It was joined by a bunch of equally impressive experiments, including machine learning devices and ...

Every time we send an astronaut into space, we have to send them with everything they might need to survive. The list of things they’ll definitely need is relatively short: food, water, air, and ...

A robot "surgeon" trained on videos has performed the first realistic operation without human help. The automaton conducted a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without the aid of humans in what ...

Very soon, a robot surgeon may begin its orbit around our planet — and though it won't quite be a metallic, humanoid machine wearing a white coat and holding a scalpel, its mission is fascinating ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Surgeries are a nasty business, often requiring doctors to cut deep into the human body to remove tumors and other disease-related issues. Now, new reports from a retired CBC journalist showcase just ...

Launching on Tuesday, the mechanical arm is paving the way for doctors to perform virtual surgeries on astronauts in space. Reading time 2 minutes Earth orbit is getting its own space doctor in the ...

This article was originally published by Knowable Magazine. In 2004, the United States’ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency dangled a $1 million prize for any group that could design an ...

Hospitals trumpet robotic surgery as innovation. Surgeons market it as progress. Manufacturers insist the technology is safe.

Robotically enhanced surgeries are minimally invasive with less disruption of tissue, so postoperative pain is diminished and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Robot surgery for prostate cancer lowered the rate of urinary complications compared with hands-on surgery in a new Italian study. While the study was small and contradicts ...

Like an octopus, it wraps around objects. It can also swallow things inside your stomach and even "self heal." This ooze could be the future of surgery. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist and ...