Disability

'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

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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’

Blind mice see again thanks to altered skin cells © Getty Images

Blind mice see again thanks to altered skin cells

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

Exoskeleton controlled by brain signals allows disabled man to walk © Clinatec/Juliette Treillet/PA

Exoskeleton controlled by brain signals allows disabled man to walk

Neanderthals weren't the strong, strapping cavepeople we imagine © VixPix/BBC/NHM

Neanderthals weren’t the strong, strapping cavepeople we imagine

What happened at Bluedot festival 2019? – Libby Jackson, Tom Shakespeare and Danielle George © Lucas Sinclair

Libby Jackson, Tom Shakespeare and Danielle George What happened at Bluedot festival 2019?

World Of Warcraft and similar online games can offer a lifeline to disabled people © Jason Raish

Gaming = Good World Of Warcraft and similar online games can offer a lifeline to disabled people

Do guide dogs know that their master is blind? © Getty Images

Everyday science

Do guide dogs know that their master is blind?

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Future Technology

Deep learning robots could help treat kids with autism