Museum visitors get the chance to watch live brain surgery
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The spirit of Victorian medicine, in which pioneering and often gruesome operations were demonstrated in front of eager public audiences, is being recreated this week for Britain&#39;s first &quot;live&quot; brain surgery.
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At a laboratory in Germany, volunteers slide into a donut-shaped MRI machine and perform simple tasks, such as deciding whether to add or subtract two numbers, or choosing which of two buttons to press. They have no inkling that scientists in the next room are trying to read their minds &#151; using a brain scan to figure out their intention before it is turned into action.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Artâs new exhibition invites the audience to give its opinion on 65 costumes using computers next to the displays, or online.
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Surgeons may soon be able to practise tricky operations using a virtual scalpel on a virtual body, thanks to new 3D imaging.
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A woman transplant patient came face to face with her old heart Tuesday at an exhibition she hopes will increase public awareness about organ donations.
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An exhibit of dissected and flayed corpses, on display for the first time in the United States, attracts a steady stream of visitors curious to see what humans really look like under the skin. Randy Dotinga reports from Los Angeles.
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Fidel Castro is shown in animated conversation in the latest images broadcast since he underwent surgery.
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Specially-adapted scanners can be used to help physicians during brain surgery, a study shows.
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PETERSBURG, Ky  - Like many modern museums, the newest U.S. tourist attraction includes some awesome exhibits -- roaring dinosaurs and a life-sized ship.
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Review Last week I attended an IBM briefing, held at The Clink Museum near London Bridge. The Clink was an old Prison and the museum is full of gruesome memorabilia relating to the bad old days of sadistic incarceration.
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A show of stitched work at the Museum of Arts and Design moves beyond pure politics.
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Patients around the country will be able to book a GP appointment through their TV set.
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The stories seem strange but riveting. A heart attack victim recalls floating in the air, watching paramedics revive him. A surgical patient remembers hovering, watching the doctors operate. Such widely reported out-of-body experiences have long been the territory of theology, philosophy and scary movies. Now scientists have turned their attention to the topic.
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Live images of an ancient "solar clock"  are to be beamed to a global audience from an ancient tomb in Ireland
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Patients will be able to book GP appointments through their television sets under a system being piloted.
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It's not for the squeamish but Britons with a strong constitution will get a rare opportunity to view brain surgery as it happens, in an operating room 4,000 miles away in the United States.
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A new exhibition takes a close look at the dÃ©cor behind the dances of Merce Cunningham.