Disability

A section of spinal cord treated with the therapy. Axons (red) regrew within the spinal cord © Samuel I. Stupp Laboratory/Northwestern University

Paralysed mice walk again after a single injection

Will colourful pedestrian crossings make our streets safer? © Getty Images

Reality Check Will colourful pedestrian crossings make our streets safer?

Paralympics: Fake Paralympians

Everyday science

Paralympics: Fake Paralympians “ruined my swimming career”

The unique bond between a Paralympian and their guide © Scott Balmer

The unique bond between a Paralympian and their guide

Gene therapy partially restores sight in one eye for a man who's been blind for nearly 40 years © Sahel, et al; Nature Medicine

Gene therapy partially restores sight in one eye for a man who’s been blind for nearly 40 years

New device could allow you to control a computer mouse with your inner ear muscle © University of Bath/PA

New device could allow you to control a computer with your inner ear muscle

Spina bifida: Surgery in the womb saves 32 babies from paralysis © NHS England/PA

Spina bifida: Surgery in the womb saves 32 babies from paralysis

Transplants of retinal cells could treat blindness © Su, Xinyi

Transplants of retinal cells could treat blindness

Adam Pearson and co-host Angela Saini investigate the murky world of eugenics in Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal © BBC/Furnace Ltd

Everyday science

A history of dangerous ideas Adam Pearson on the lasting effect of eugenics

'Holy Grail' MS discovery could prevent disability using diabetes drug © Getty Images

‘Holy Grail’ MS discovery could prevent disability using diabetes drug

Glasses for the colour blind make visible a whole world of colour © Getty Images

Glasses for the colour blind make visible a whole world of colour

Brain haemorrhage treatment halves risk of cognitive disability in premature babies © Getty Images

Brain haemorrhage treatment halves risk of cognitive disability in premature babies

Haptic technology uses ultrasound waves to create Braille out of thin air

Future Technology

Haptic technology uses ultrasound waves to create Braille out of thin air

Lexilight: a reading lamp designed for dyslexia

Lexilight Can a smart light help people to read more easily?

Thought-controlled bionic arm with sense of touch ‘could be available in two years’ © Johan Bodell/Chalmers University of Technology

Thought-controlled bionic arm with sense of touch ‘could be available in two years’