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Kristin Houser

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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.

Aerospace

Australia’s first rocket set to launch in 2023

Gilmour Space expects to launch its first rocket in 2023, which will add Australia to the short list of nations to send rockets to space.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

New brain cancer vaccine completes clinical trial

Northwest Biotherapeutics reports that its new brain cancer vaccine can extend glioblastoma patients’ lives by months or even years.

Kristin Houser

Clean Energy

Construction juggernaut unveils huge electric mining truck

Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has demonstrated its first battery-electric large mining truck.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

New chemo pump for brain tumors could avoid side effects

A fully implantable chemo pump could help extend the lives of people with deadly brain tumors while minimizing treatment side effects.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

$3.5 million treatment for hemophilia wins FDA approval

The FDA has approved biotech company CSL Behring's Hemgenix, a hemophilia B treatment that costs $3.5 million per dose.

Kristin Houser

AI is helping to ID victims in Holocaust photos

The new website From Numbers to Names uses facial recognition tech to identify previously anonymous faces in Holocaust photos.

Kristin Houser

Clean Energy

This meteorite material could power our clean energy future

A lab-made version of tetrataenite, a mineral found in meteorites, could replace rare earth elements in the production of permanent magnets.

Kristin Houser

Neuroscience

Electrically stimulating the brain helps stop binge eating

Two people with binge eating disorder reported that deep brain stimulation helped them control their eating and lose weight in a small study.

Kristin Houser

CRISPR

New CRISPR cancer treatment tested in humans for first time

A new personalized CRISPR cancer treatment modifies the immune system's T cells to help them recognize a specific patient's tumor cells.

Kristin Houser

Drugs

New fentanyl vaccine could help avoid relapses and overdoses

An in-development fentanyl vaccine that prevents the drug from entering the brain could one day help people avoid relapsing or overdosing.

Kristin Houser