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 MRI image of a brain with gliomas.
Cancer
Brain implant lets cancer patients try 20 different drugs at a time
Kristin Houser
Research assistant Gabrielle Block simulates a TMS therapy session on John Elder Robison as he sits in the room where he took part in brain therapy known as TMS (Transcranial magnetic stimulation) at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Mass., March 15, 2016.
Mental Health
A magnetic therapy for depression gains precision
Phil Jaekl | Knowable Magazine
colorful cells seen under a microscope
Medicine
Drug for MS may be able to treat Alzheimer’s, too
Kristin Houser
A woman's elevated head suggests consciousness theory.
Mental Health
20% of Americans have anxiety. NYU expert’s “consciousness theory” explains why.
Derek Beres
A woman stretching on a red field.
Healthcare
Can’t afford a gym membership? Add these 3 things to your workout routine
Saravana Kumar and Hunter Bennett and Lewis Ingram
A wegoyy box.
Addiction
Popular weight-loss drugs show promise as addiction treatments
Kristin Houser
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Medicine
At least 5 people have been cured of HIV. Is the AIDS pandemic ending?
Kristin Houser
A close up image of a pink liver cells
Medicine
New treatment slashes obesity in mice eating fatty, sugary diet
Kristin Houser
an image of neurons next to a stylized image of the surface of the brain
Neuroscience
Transplants of lab-grown brain cells reduce Parkinson’s symptoms
Kristin Houser
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Medicine
Artificial kidney aces test in pigs
Kristin Houser