NOVA | Body & Brain

Replacing Body Parts Custom-made hearts, lungs, kidneys, and other organs could revolutionize organ transplantation. Watch the video.
The Cloning Process Microphotographs show step-by-step how scientists create a cloned mouse embryo to generate embryonic stem cells. Zoom in on the action.
The Science of Picky Eaters Don't like broccoli? Your DNA may explain why, because your sense of taste is largely encoded in your genes. Watch the video.

Body & Brain

Extract Your Own DNA

Behold your very own DNA in this do-it-yourself science experiment.
Brain Trauma

Even so-called "mild" head injuries can lead to serious concussions with long-term consequences.
A Short History of Quarantine

From Roman times to the present, follow an illustrated time line on the separation of the diseased from the healthy.
Two Sexes Are Not Enough

Biologist Anne Fausto-Sterling argues that we should recognize the natural range of intersex people.

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by Lewis Thomas
How the Mind Works
by Steven Pinker
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
by Atul Gawande
Doctors: The Biography of Medicine
by Sherwin B. Nuland
Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning Will Transform the American Family
by Lee M. Silver
Merchants of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life
by Stephen S. Hall
Polio: An American Story
by David M. Oshinsky
Best of the Brain From Scientific American: Mind, Matter, and Tomorrow's Brain
by Floyd Bloom, editor
The Society of Mind
by Marvin Minsky
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
by V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
The Dreaming Brain
by Allan Hobson
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
by Oliver Sacks
The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story
by Richard Preston

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