Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulation by up to 100%. Can good design save the newspaper? It just might.

The creator of artificial eyes in this science fiction epic must face the consequences of his engineering agility.  But is the acumen to produce artificial eyes, livers, or kidneys really that far off?  A new technique developed at UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory uses a bottom-up approach to create multicellular tissues with defined structures. Unlike top-down synthesis in which scientists build cell structures on scaffolds (cells that are implanted or “seeded” into an artificial structure), the new technique “allows tissue engineers to dictate the precise geometric interactions of individual cells.”

Octogenarian women were unable to increase muscle mass after a 3-month weight lifting program targeted at strengthening the thigh muscle, according to a new study from the Journal of Applied Physiology. The results are surprising because previous studies have found resistance training capable of increasing muscle mass, even for people who are into their 70s.