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
Drugs
Your genes may impact psychedelic experiences 
B. David Zarley
ultrasound sticker
Wearables
MIT’s new ultrasound sticker lets you see inside your body
Kristin Houser
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Inventions
This smart mattress will help you fall asleep fast 
Kristin Houser
Neuroscience
MIT engineers 3D-print rubbery brain implants that don’t “stab” the brain
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
Global Development
How child mortality fell from 40% to 3.7% in 200 years 
Tony Morley
Y chromosome loss can lead to an increased risk of heart failure and disease
Kenneth Walsh
Animals
Large study of 20,000 cats and dogs could help pets live longer 
B. David Zarley
Genetics
Potential cause of unexplained epilepsy cases uncovered
B. David Zarley
new crispr system
CRISPR
“Soft CRISPR” is safer and could help cure more diseases
Kristin Houser
Startup lets doctors classify skin conditions with the snap of a picture
Zach Winn | MIT News Office