Your body is an amazing biological machine and it s electric. Every heartbeat, thought, and movement depends on tiny electrical impulses running through your body. You might not feel them, but these ...

Writer Sally Adee says scientists are looking into ways to manipulate the body's natural electrical fields to try and treat wounds, depression,... How researchers are trying to harness the electricity ...

In the fall of 2023, NPR's Body Electric series inspired tens of thousands of listeners to get off their screens and move their bodies—over 20,000 people joined our study with Columbia University ...

STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: Over the last six weeks, NPR has been collaborating with researchers at Columbia University Medical Center to see if listeners can add more movement to our screen-filled, ...

Mohammad Malakooti has a look in his eye — like a man who wants to break something. “We are going to actually go to 700% to make sure it’s going to break,” he said. “You know, sometimes we need to ...