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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.

3D Printing

3D-printed wood furniture could ship flat, then dry into shape

A new way of 3D printing wood that takes advantage of warping could change how we build things in the future.

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Stanford’s new microchip could put powerful AI on your devices

A Stanford-led team has developed a new microchip that could let us run advanced AI programs directly on our devices.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Pfizer’s RSV vaccine is 86% effective at preventing severe illness

According to a huge phase 3 trial, Pfizer’s RSV vaccine is nearly 86% effective at preventing severe illness in older adults.

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Aerospace

SpaceX’s Starlink will offer satellite access for T-Mobile users

T-Mobile customers will soon have access to SpaceX's Starlink satellites, ensuring they’ll have mobile coverage nearly everywhere in the US.

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Clean Energy

Today’s coal plants could be converted to run on clean hydrogen

Australian startup Star Scientific has developed a tech it says makes it easy to use hydrogen fuel at existing coal-fired power plants.

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Neuroscience

New epilepsy treatment could stop seizures in their tracks

A new epilepsy treatment that's delivered as a nasal spray may be able to prevent seizures or even interrupt them.

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Astronomy

Listen to the sound of a black hole, remixed by NASA

NASA scientists have “remixed” the incredibly deep sounds emitted by a black hole 240 million light-years away.

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Transportation

This simple kit turns your regular bike into an e-bike in minutes

The Rubbee X is a simple e-bike conversion kit that could help get more people out of gas-powered cars and onto climate-friendly bicycles.

Kristin Houser

CRISPR

First personalized CRISPR therapy approved for trial

The FDA has approved a trial for the first personalized CRISPR therapy, which was developed to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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Astronomy

NASA thinks it may snow upside down on Europa

A study of “underwater snow” on Earth is informing NASA’s hunt for habitable locations on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.

Kristin Houser