The following programme was recorded at the Institute of Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany, in front of an international audience of body donors and anatomy students. All bodies dissected were formally donated to the Institute and the donors consented to their remains being used for...

All communications have been cut off from top secret research facility New Gethsemane. A team of young scientists, headed by Matt Griffin (Danny Seward) is assembled by the Secret Service's science division C-TAC to find out what has happened. Communicating with the outside world only through...

Some quarters of the medical establishment endorse it, others abhor it. The DEA is cracking down on it, but the Veterans’ Administration supports it as a treatment for soldiers. Medical marijuana is indeed a contentious issue. Learn all about it here.

How does cancer know it's cancer? At Jay Bradner's lab, they found a molecule that might hold the answer, JQ1 -- and instead of patenting JQ1, they published their findings and mailed samples to 40 other labs to work on. An inspiring look at the open-source future of medical research.

What event can bring out as many stars as the Oscars? How about the Oscars of Fashion? Find out why George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Fergie, just to name a few, flocked to the Costume Institute Gala.

Shortly after the end of the war an American mission was sent to Japan, to report on the destruction wrought by the atomic bombs. The mission, organized by the Manhattan Engineer District, included engineer and medical officers and a few scientists. This film portrays some of the devastation they...

Over the centuries, some scientists have concluded that the best test subject is looking at them in the mirror. Join Josh and Chuck as they explore 10 researchers, unsung or otherwise, who put their own health second to the advancement of science.

Cern scientists create antimatter / Guantanamo trial verdict / Haiti Cholera

From Academy Award(R) nominated director Roko Belic comes his latest film, HAPPY. HAPPY takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with...

Today medical scans produce thousands of images and terabytes of data for a single patient in mere seconds, but how do doctors parse this information and determine what's useful? At TEDxGöteborg, scientific visualization expert Anders Ynnerman shows us sophisticated new tools -- like virtual...