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
a monkey in a lab
Surgery
Monkey lives with CRISPR’d pig kidney for over two years
Kristin Houser
A group of omega 3 capsules on a white surface.
Food
What does the evidence say about omega-3 fats for heart disease, dementia, and arthritis?
Evangeline Mantzioris
a brightly colored microscope image of an immune cell ingesting MRSA
Vaccines
New superbug vaccine turns the immune system into “the Hulk”
Kristin Houser
an image of a cell infected with COVID-19
Coronavirus
Where are the universal coronavirus vaccines?
Kristin Houser
Two older women standing next to each other on a track, questioning longevity.
Death
Study finds exactly how long people want to live: it isn’t forever
Scotty Hendricks
An illustration showing the eight wells of the Lattice device for drug development
Medicine
New “Lattice” device tests drugs on eight organs at once
Kristin Houser
A person is holding the sensor for health monitoring near a pair of earbuds
Wearables
These earbuds analyze brain activity and sweat content
Kristin Houser
An image of the periodic table of elements.
Cancer
Is iron the Achilles’ heel for cancer?
Peter Rogers
A person's finger is holding up a small yellow suction cup
Medicine
Octopus tentacle-like patch delivers drugs through your cheek
Kristin Houser
a collage of an older woman's face and brain neurons
Genetics
Rare mutation may counteract “Alzheimer’s gene”
Kristin Houser