The Terminator may be one step closer to reality. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have built a robotic finger that, much like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s titular cyborg assassin, is covered in ...

Skin has traditionally been reserved for animals – until now. For the first time, scientists learned to grow humanlike skin on a robotic finger using cells, a new study revealed. Unlike artificial ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about "scuba-diving" lizards, a trick to turn a mouse's skin transparent and whether finger counting helps kids' math skills.