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
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Drugs
The exciting research that may cure Parkinson’s 
GeneCode is developing a drug it hopes won’t just alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms but also protect and restore patient’s neural health.
Kevin Dickinson
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
An image of a Great Dane's profile with vibrant gradient overlays.
Aging
First anti-aging drug for dogs nears approval
Kristin Houser
An ancient crocodile swimming in the water.
Medicine
Australia’s 30-year quest to unlock an ancient painkiller
Kevin Dickinson
A series of images featuring heart scans
Medicine
Experimental drug cuts heart disease risk factor by 96%
Kristin Houser
A soccer player is receiving treatment for a brain injury.
Neuroscience
Human brains have a remarkable ability to rewire themselves following injury
Hilary A. Diefenbach
A pink image showcasing the intricate details of a brain while symbolically representing communication with an audio wave.
Neuroscience
New brain decoder system offers hope for communicating by thought alone
Jonny Thomson
A shadowy figure standing in front of a radiator, symbolic of the silent struggles often associated with mental health.
Mental Health
How do researchers study the prevalence of mental illnesses?
Saloni Dattani at Our World in Data
A silhouette of a person on a pink background.
Neuroscience
What is brown noise? Can this latest TikTok trend really help you sleep?
Gorica Micic and Gemma Paech
An image of a blood vessel with an arrow pointing to it, illustrating the potential for CRISPR therapy in cholesterol treatment.
CRISPR
One dose CRISPR therapy cuts cholesterol by up to 55%
Kristin Houser
A woman is laying on a bed with her eyes closed.
Neuroscience
Human sleep patterns appear to change with the seasons
Ross Pomeroy
A man riding a bike with a dog in a trailer.
Mental Health
Want to feel better? Science says to care for your dog
Scotty Hendricks