Imagine a world where lightsabres are real. Totally awesome, yeah? All fun and games, right? Until a baby gets his hands on a lightsabre. When they start waving things around, you're at their mercy. Fingers, homes, human bodies, and anything else are just in the way. Read More >>
Featured comment by otuama:
"Yup, memories of Blair Witch, Rec 1 & 2, Cloverfield, The Last Exorcism (how, by the way can there be a 'Last' Exorcism 2), Paranormal Activity 1,..." More »
Medical imaging's come a long way in the past few decades—but it's now so good that doctors can use it to tell the difference between a baby opening its mouth and it yawning. Read More >>
Featured comment by magicguppy:
"I don't know what you mean. I'm trying to explain why the people who make volume rendering medical imaging software refer to certain renderings as 4D." More »
I'm not sure whether to be creeped out or amazed, but apparently you can now immortalise your unborn baby's first image in a to-scale 3D printed sculpture. I guess it's slightly better than your newborn's first poop gilded in gold, right? Read More >>
Featured comment by LiamT:
"bloody NHS. they charged us a couple of quid to even park too. then you go in and they say ' we cant see much can you come back another day' another h..." More »
Back in 2010, a team of German doctors announced that they'd recorded the world's first MRI of a woman giving birth. Back then, only still images were available—but now the researchers have released the video, and it's spellbinding. Read More >>
Featured comment by Danjc2:
"After I saw the baby's skull take the shape of an extra-dimensional being from the fourth Indiana Jones, I was ready to let them cut that out. I was w..." More »
This is Leyna Gonzalez. When her mother was just 17 weeks pregnant, this ultrasound scan revealed that she had a tumour the size of a peach growing from her mouth. The only way to save her was to remove it while she was still in the womb—a procedure that had never been performed before. Read More >>
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