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

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

A person’s wrist wearing a smartwatch displaying a high-intensity interval training workout screen. Among smart health devices, this one stands out with its clarity and ease of use. Green exercise mat and white sneakers are visible in the background.

Wearables

How smart devices helped me unlock hidden health wins

By measuring many different body metrics, smart health devices can help support the mental game as much as the physical fitness gains.

Kevin Dickinson

Coronavirus

Will the coronavirus end in the summer?

Will the coronavirus end in the summer as a result of warmer temperatures? The public is hopeful, but here’s what the experts say.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

A proposal to infect volunteers, the race to a vaccine, and more COVID-19 updates

In our weekly news roundup, we take you inside the fight against COVID-19 to explore the solutions on the frontlines of an unprecedented global response.

Kristin Houser

Digital phenotyping mental health disorders

Psychology

Reading your digital signature to detect depression, Parkinson’s

Digital phenotyping uses our smartphones to detect anything from Parkinson's disease to mental health disorders.

Teresa Carey

Coronavirus

Where can you get tested for the coronavirus?

Everything you need to know to get tested for the coronavirus, including COVID-19 testing requirements and resources to help you find testing sites.

Kristin Houser

Why the MLB antibody study matters

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10,000 MLB employees, from players to concession stand attendees, are volunteering to help scientists study how COVID-19 has spread throughout the country.

Nick Tucker

Brain

Using Ebola to fight brain cancer

A lab-altered Ebola virus can hunt human brain cancer cells without killing healthy cells.

Julia Sklar

Brain

Brain implant restores sense of touch in man with paralysis

Researchers have used a brain implant to help a man with paralysis both move his arm again and regain a sense of touch.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Oxford coronavirus vaccine could be ready by September

Millions of doses of an Oxford coronavirus vaccine now in the human trial stage could be ready by September, according to researchers.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Twin study suggests genes factor into COVID-19 symptoms

Genetic factors may explain about 50% of the differences in people’s COVID-19 symptoms, according to a study of more than 2,600 twins in the U.K.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

An “old school” COVID-19 vaccine appears to work in monkeys

An in-development COVID-19 vaccine has protected animals from catching the novel coronavirus for the first time, according to the team behind it.

Kristin Houser

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