In a world first, a double amputee has been fitted with two prosthetic limbs -- which he can control simultaneously just by thinking. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you ...

DURHAM, NC -- Elena Fellman is a 12-year-old girl from Durham. She's a top 20 swimmer for girls her age in the city championship. She's played soccer for years, has competed in horseback riding, and ...

I have been an above-knee amputee for over 50 years. For the first 30 years, my prosthesis was balsa wood with a simple mechanical knee. I fell a lot, could only walk at one fixed speed, would sweat ...

Perhaps our cyborg future isn’t too far away. Groundbreaking technologies have already led a host a advanced devices that seamlessly blend the human and the synthetic. We have titanium spinal implants ...

"Amputee ultrarunner" Jacky Hunt-Broersma just ran 100 miles in under 24 hours. She did it all on her treadmill, only taking breaks to refuel and go to the bathroom. Hunt-Broersma finished her ...

When Brian Reynolds first took up powerlifting in college, he didn’t really know what he was doing. Like many newcomers to lifting, he was probably lifting too much, and he wasn't giving his muscles ...

Amputee Santa Jim George, center, celebrated the holidays Dec. 14 at the Amputee Center in Parkersburg with Tammy Carpenter and Autumn the dog, left, and Lilith Lang, right. (Photo Provided) ...