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

CRISPR

These gene-edited pigs could help end organ shortages

These gene-edited pigs have organs designed to be more compatible with the human body, bringing xenotransplantation one step closer to reality.

Kristin Houser

Animals

New bug spray "crystals" can help wipe out malaria

Crystalizing a common insecticide makes it kill mosquitoes faster, and could be a cheap, effective new weapon for malaria prevention.

B. David Zarley

Public Health

A pandemic surveillance system for the planet

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In partnership with Skoll Foundation

COVID-19 won’t be the last virus to threaten the global population, but new disease surveillance tech could catch the next outbreak before it even starts.

Doug Dais

Coronavirus

UK to launch first human challenge trial for COVID-19

The U.K. is funding a $44 million human challenge trial for COVID-19 during which healthy volunteers will be deliberately exposed to the coronavirus.

Kristin Houser

Activism

Stadium voting sites make voting safer. Here’s how to find them.

As the pandemic increases the risk of in-person voting, sports teams are converting their homes into arena and stadium voting sites.

B. David Zarley

Virology

A deadly virus emerged in South Africa in 2008. Then it vanished.

A deadly new virus killed a South African safari agent and three others, then disappeared without a trace. What can we learn from a unique outbreak?

B. David Zarley

Surgery

Jaw joints grown from fat could alleviate TMJ pain

Researchers have grown new jaw joints for pigs from fat-sourced stem cells, and the technique could one day cure TMJ pain, or even knee pain, in people.

Kristin Houser

Biology

Smart vibrator helps scientists study female orgasms

The Lioness Sex Research Platform is helping scientists study female orgasms by providing anonymized data collected by a smart vibrator.

Kristin Houser

Neuroscience

Dopamine and serotonin may do more than we thought

Dopamine and serotonin are crucial brain chemicals. A new study that measured them simultaneously in active brains suggests they may do more than we think.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

Robot cook could help restaurants recover from COVID-19

Miso Robotics is making Flippy ROAR available for $30,000 in the hopes the robot cook will help the restaurant industry recover from the pandemic.

Kristin Houser

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