Health

The future of fertility, from artificial wombs to AI-assisted IVF

A look back at the history of infertility treatments and ahead to the tech that could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.

Kristin Houser

Overlay of hands and abstract patterns in purple and blue tones, symbolizing hope for Parkinson's cure.

Drugs

The exciting research that may cure Parkinson’s

GeneCode is developing a drug it hopes won’t just alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms but also protect and restore patient’s neural health.

Kevin Dickinson

A child sitting on a couch in a dimly lit room, holding and looking intently at a tablet, as if testing the Goldilocks hypothesis for the perfect screen brightness.

Mental Health

Beyond screen time: Rethinking kids’ tech use with the “Goldilocks hypothesis”

The “Goldilocks hypothesis” asks parents to think beyond screen time and consider the habits that teens build around technology use.

Kevin Dickinson

Drugs

Phase 2 trial finds psychedelic works as well as common drug

A small study has provided evidence of psilocybin for depression working as well as a popular SSRI.

B. David Zarley

Apps

App can detect early sign of autism in toddlers

A Duke University smartphone app that can detect an early sign of autism in toddlers could one day make diagnosing autism in young children far easier.

Kristin Houser

Drugs

Fireside Project is a support line for your bad trip

Fireside Project is a nonprofit that is providing a support line for your challenging psychedelic experiences — read: bad trip.

B. David Zarley

Drugs

"Complex" and "exciting": Researchers study the use of CBD for pain

In a small study, researchers at Syracuse found that both thinking you’re getting CBD for pain and the drug increase pain tolerance.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

Would you spray this DIY COVID-19 vaccine up your nose?

Makers of a DIY COVID-19 vaccine are talking to governments about launching human challenge trials to quickly and cheaply find out if the vaccine is effective.

Kristin Houser

Neuroscience

FDA authorizes mind-controlled exoskeleton for stroke rehab

Neurolutions’ IpsiHand — a brain-computer interface that uses an exoskeleton to assist with stroke rehab — has been authorized by the FDA.

Kristin Houser

Back-poking robot triggers presence hallucinations

A back-poking robot can trigger presence hallucinations in people with Parkinson’s disease, giving researchers a way to finally study the phenomenon.

Kristin Houser

How long are you too high to drive? The science is fuzzy.

Some drug driving laws outlaw any amount of THC. To create better laws, researchers are trying to find out how long cannabis intoxication itself lasts.

B. David Zarley

Oxford launches COVID reinfection study

To try and understand the immune response to SARS-CoV-2, including the threat of COVID reinfection, the University of Oxford will purposely infect volunteers.

B. David Zarley

Oxford malaria vaccine is 77% effective in young children

A malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University was 77% effective at protecting children during a phase 2 trial in Africa.

Kristin Houser

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