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Kristin Houser

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Kristin Houser is a staff writer at Freethink, where she covers science and tech. Her written work has appeared in Business Insider, NBC News, 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.

Prior to joining Freethink, Kristin was a staff writer for Futurism and wrote several animated and live action web series.

Aerospace

SpaceX’s high-speed internet service is heading to sea

SpaceX’s Starlink Maritime internet service will soon be available to passengers on all Royal Caribbean Group cruise ships.

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

NASA’s James Webb takes its first direct image of an exoplanet

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has directly observed an exoplanet for the first time — ushering in a new era of exoplanet research

Kristin Houser

Wearables

Shoe wearable could help Parkinson’s patients avoid falling

Data-collecting sensors in shoes can predict a Parkinson’s patient’s fall risk almost as accurately as standard walking tests.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Insulin pills could end the need for painful injections

Insulin pills designed to be dissolved in the mouth appear to overcome a major hurdle holding back the development of oral insulin.

Kristin Houser

First-of-its-kind trial shows AI beat humans at analyzing heart scans

Echonet, an AI trained to assess a measure of heart function, has outperformed trained technicians in both accuracy and efficiency.

Kristin Houser

Transportation

Optimized charging powers EV batteries to 90% in 10 minutes

Tomorrow's electric vehicles could charge far more quickly thanks to optimized charging methods and innovative battery designs.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Three crucial experiments aboard NASA’s moon rocket

These Artemis 1 experiments could protect NASA astronauts and help usher in a future in which space is accessible to everyone.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

FDA authorizes updated COVID-19 boosters

The FDA has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s updated COVID-19 boosters, which target the now-dominant Omicron subvariants.

Kristin Houser

CRISPR

CRISPR fully reprograms mammal genome for the first time

CRISPR has been used to rearrange the chromosomes of lab mice, a world’s first in mammals and a breakthrough in bioengineering.

Kristin Houser

Astronomy

Newly discovered exoplanet may be first covered in liquid water

The first ocean planet may have just been discovered in the “Goldilocks zone” of a star 100 light-years from Earth.

Kristin Houser