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
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
A determined man with a bandage on his hand perseveres through pain for gain.
Sports
No pain, no gain? Science debunks yet another exercise myth
Kevin Dickinson
An image of a child having their ear examined
Medicine
Deaf boy hears within days of receiving new gene therapy
Kristin Houser
A man walking down a street with smoke coming from a factory, showcasing concerns for the environment.
Public Health
Three ways your environment affects your intelligence
Matt Davis
A collage featuring a pig's face and a human liver
Medicine
Pig liver filters blood outside a person’s body for 72 hours
Kristin Houser
blue and purple cells
Cancer
Immune cells linked to allergies can kill cancer
Kristin Houser
An x-ray image of a human heart revealing potential bladder tumors thanks to innovative nanobots technology.
Cancer
Urine-propelled nanobots shrink bladder tumors by 90% in animals
Kristin Houser
A collage featuring a woman lying in an MRI and an image of a brain
Medicine
Ultrasound waves help Alzheimer’s drug get into the brain
Kristin Houser
An illustration of a pill in the stomach.
Healthcare
Engineers develop a vibrating, ingestible capsule that might help treat obesity
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
A man experiencing anxiety while covering his face with his hands.
Mental Health
Are anxiety and depression social problems or chemical disorders?
Derek Beres
a collage featuring a mouse brain and microscope images of cells
CRISPR
Revamped CRISPR restores vision in blind mice
Kristin Houser