Health

A person wearing blue gloves operates a piece of scientific equipment, handling small yellow cubes that are immersed in a cryogenic container.
Fertility
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
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Medicine
This $1 pill cuts binge drinking
Kristin Houser
Illustration of herpes viruses
Medicine
Herpes virus helped kill a deadly form of breast cancer in a clinical trial
B. David Zarley
A mother and infant in India.
Public Health
A single dose of an old drug could save 2 million mothers from sepsis every year
B. David Zarley
Biology
How diet influences the conflict between cell “cooperators” and “cheaters”
Athena Aktipis and Gissel Marquez Alcaraz
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Wearables
This tiny device lets you see your heart while exercising
Peter Rogers
Mental Health
Yoga: Modern research shows a variety of benefits to both body and mind from the ancient practice
Herpreet Thind
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Biology
Experiment regenerates a damaged kidney for the first time ever
Kristin Houser
An IV bag with a psychedelic background
Drugs
DMT therapy appears effective for depression in phase 2 clinical trial
B. David Zarley
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Medicine
New CAR-T therapy shows promise against ovarian tumors
Kristin Houser
Keanu Reeves surrounded by fungi
Medicine
New compound can go Keanu Reeves on fungal infections
B. David Zarley