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Kristin Houser

Managing Editor

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Kristin Houser is the Managing Editor of Freethink. Her articles on science and technology have been featured in NBC News, RealClearDefense, and the World Economic Forum’s Agenda, among other publications, and Stephen Colbert once talked about a piece on “The Late Show,” to her delight.

Kristin is currently based in Pittsburgh, and prior to joining Freethink, she was a staff writer for Futurism, launched an LA-based music blog, and wrote several animated and live action web series.

Neuroscience

New treatment reverses age-related memory loss in mice

A treatment that reversed age-related memory loss in mice could one day treat or prevent such cognitive decline in older people.

Kristin Houser

Robotics

Bipedal robot completes 5K after learning to run

Agility Robotics’ Cassie just became the first bipedal robot to complete an outdoor 5K run, completing the jaunt on a single charge.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

NASA interns designed a washing machine for astronauts

NASA challenged its interns to design a washing machine for astronauts so that they wouldn’t have to keep throwing away dirty laundry.

Kristin Houser

Transportation

Uber may reduce drunk driving deaths by 6%

Uber is reducing drunk driving deaths by more than 6%, according to a new analysis, suggesting that ridesharing is making streets safer.

Kristin Houser

Outer Space

Harvard astrophysicist will lead hunt for alien technology

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb’s new Galileo Project will hunt for alien technology using proven scientific methods and equipment.

Kristin Houser

Transportation

Toyota’s autonomous shuttle is optimized for Olympians

Tokyo Olympians are riding around the Olympic Village in Toyota’s e-Palette, an autonomous shuttle designed with their needs in mind.

Kristin Houser

DeepMind releases massive protein structure database

DeepMind is releasing a massive database of protein structure predictions that includes all the molecules in the human proteome.

Kristin Houser

Sports

Olympic swimmers get speed boost from pool engineers

We already know that Olympic swimmers are fast, but Olympic swimming pools can be engineered to be “fast,” too.

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

Baby exoplanet appears to be forming a moon

A unique baby exoplanet surrounded by a disc of gas and dust could unravel some of the mystery surrounding planet and moon formation.

Kristin Houser

New AI “engines” can read and understand on multiple levels

Primer’s new AI tools are expert readers, capable of analyzing long bodies of text far faster — and more accurately — than humans can.

Kristin Houser