Sharing NHS medical records will be vital for improving healthcare
Dr John Parkinson: Research using anonymised medical records will help ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs, vaccines and medical devices
How a 3D printer gave a teenage bomb victim a new arm – and a reason to live
Emma Bryce: When Mick Ebeling read about a boy in South Sudan who had lost his arms, he set off with a 3D printer to make him a prosthetic limb. Now the project is bringing hope to the country's other 50,000-plus amputees
Sweet solution? Google tests smart contact lens for diabetics
Prototype could revolutionise blood glucose monitoring for diabetics. By Samuel Gibbs
What weird tech trends from CES 2014 mean to the average person
Using Twitter intel from #WeirdCES, here are the strange discoveries of the Consumer Electronics Show decoded
12 New Year’s resolutions that should be abandoned
Vowing to be a better person in 2014 is a waste of time, says Stuart Heritage. Just embrace the lazy underachiever you really are
Wi-fried: do wireless routers really kill plants?
Some students in Denmark did a school experiment and found cress growing near wi-fi routers went brown. Cue hysteria …
Meet the designers behind Bill Gates’s super-condom
Using everything from atom-thick graphene to the humble beef tendon, designers are competing to make a next-generation condom that 'significantly enhances pleasure'
Tired? Troubled love life? Try banning gadgets from the bedroom
Amy Fleming: Late-night fiddling with devices stimulates your brain and invades what should be a quiet space. Time to turn off
Facebook has got it spectacularly wrong on beheading videos
Jonathan Freedland: First thoughts: Facebook is making an editorial judgment in allowing head-chopping yet banning breastfeeding. And it is a very bad one
What do we really know about the effects of screen time on mental health?
Pete Etchells: A recent briefing from Public Health England warns that too much screen time is causing emotional problems in children. But is it that simple?