Health

Scientists are training artificial intelligence to diagnose injuries using x-rays and other medical imagery of you (and millions of others). What improvements and other changes might this bring to the health care system?

How do our bodies get cold? How do sleeping bags keep us warm?

Aquaculture is seen as a sustainable way to produce fish. But are farmed salmon better than wild fish?

Gamma rays might make you think of cancer, harmful radiation or superheroes. But gamma rays have lots of uses: food safety, manufacturing and even medicine!

Medical biotechnology allows scientists to make changes to the genomes of living things. What are the pros and cons of having access to techniques like these?

Everything and everyone ages. But scientists have made discoveries about our cells and circulatory and immune systems that could potentially one day be used to increase human lifespans.

When the cells of Henrietta Lacks were collected by medical researchers after her death in 1951, it changed the future of medicine.

Learn how people came to understand the source of cosmic radiation, as well as how this radiation impacts those who work in and travel on airplanes.

This resource explains electricity basics - volts, amps, currents, resistance, and why it is dangerous to touch electrical outlets with wet hands.

In 2013, many Europeans learned their beef lasagnas were actually made of horse meat. Learn about food fraud, and how a Canadian invention can help detect it.

Panic attacks are scary and they upset your body’s chemical equilibrium. Learn what happens to acids & bases in your circulatory system during a panic attack.

Researchers have found that consuming foods rich in flavanols is linked to more efficient blood flow, which can improve brain function.

Do you like butter? Find out how easy it is to make!

When a person has cancer, CAR-T Therapy uses their own cells to destroy the cancer cells in their body.

Microbes are everywhere, even in your digestive tract. Some of these microbes are helpful, and some aren’t.