If your teenager suddenly says they want a tongue piercing, your first instinct might be to freak out a bit. But before you ...

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In an advance that promises to improve the lives of the more than 250,000 people in the United States who are paralyzed from the neck down, researchers announced on Wednesday that they have developed ...

An experimental device is letting paralyzed people drive wheelchairs simply by flicking their tongue in the right direction. Users have their tongue pierced with a magnetic stud that resembles jewelry ...

Body piercings have been used to control wheelchairs and computers in a move scientists believe could transform the way people interact with the world after paralysis. The movement of a tiny magnet in ...