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

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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

Aging

Study: If there is a maximum human lifespan, we’ve yet to reach it

The current record for longest life is likely to be broken in the coming decades, according to a new study on the maximum human lifespan.

Kristin Houser

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Biology

Sugar-powered implant produces insulin as needed

A sugar-powered implant that produces insulin when blood glucose levels are high could make managing diabetes easier and less painful.

Kristin Houser

Neuroscience

Death: how long are we conscious for and does life really flash before our eyes?

When does our consciousness disappear? And are we really flooded by memories in our final moments? Scientists hope to find out.

Guillaume Thierry

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Neuroscience

How close are we to reversing paralysis?

Thanks to groundbreaking innovations in neuroscience, we’re seeing that forms of paralysis long assumed to be permanent can be reversed.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

This man is trying to live underwater for a record-breaking 100 days

Biomedical engineer Joseph Dituri is attempting to break a world record by living in an underwater habitat for 100 days.

Kristin Houser

Brain

3D-printing the brain’s blood vessels with silicone could personalize neurosurgery

3D printing could make blood vessel replicas with the soft feel and the structural accuracy surgeons need.

Thomas Angelini and Senthilkumar Duraivel

Healthcare

Saliva: The next frontier in cancer detection

Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer

Matías A. Loewy | Knowable Magazine

Brain

Have scientists found a “brake pedal” for aging?

A new protein discovery may have highlighted a "switch" in brain cells that slows down inflammation and aging.

James Kingsland

Medicine

Spread of deadly cancer delayed by organ transplant drug

A groundbreaking discovery on how pancreatic cancer spreads could lead to better therapies for the hard-to-treat disease.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Wristband device helps to control Tourette’s tics in clinical trial

A new wrist-worn device from the University of Nottingham uses electrical pulses to help curb Tourette syndrome symptoms.

B. David Zarley

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