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
Overlay of hands and abstract patterns in purple and blue tones, symbolizing hope for Parkinson's cure.
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 illustration of the synthetic melanin being applied to skin
Medicine
New “super melanin” protects and heals skin
Kristin Houser
Collage featuring a brain scan and an image of a shaman blowing smoke during an ayahuasca ceremony.
Drugs
The psychedelic DMT causes the brain to become hyperconnected, scans reveal
Ross Pomeroy
A man eating chili peppers in a red field.
Food
Capsaicin: Could the compound that gives chili peppers their heat treat diabetes and obesity?
Ross Pomeroy
a close-up of a person's legs as they walk on a treadmill, with an exoskeleton providing support
Medicine
Gold-laced gel could help you recover from a major muscle injury
Kristin Houser
A bedroom with a bed and a lamp, where the history of insomnia has left its mark.
Neuroscience
A short history of insomnia and how we became obsessed with sleep
Philippa Martyr
images showing the effect of the treatment on neuromuscular junctions
Biology
Blocking this one protein could strengthen muscles
Kristin Houser
An HIV infected cell
CRISPR
CRISPR cure for HIV now tested in 3 people
Kristin Houser
A man is holding up a living pharmacy prototype, which looks like a small piece of plastic with lines on it
Medicine
“Living pharmacies” could mean you never forget to take your meds again
Kristin Houser
A woman engaging in cardio at home, seen from the back, wearing a wet swimsuit.
Sports
Cardio improves cognitive function & mental health. Here’s the best way to do it at home.
Saravana Kumar and Hunter Bennett and Lewis Ingram
Optic nerves
Healthcare
MIT’s soft fiber implants could offer drug-free pain relief
Jonny Thomson