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
Memory
Study discovers how one sleep stage reactivates memories
Jonny Thomson
an image of a heart. The background is a microscope image of cells.
Medicine
Potential heart attack treatment discovered in human placentas
Kristin Houser
A person walking with a cane due to their Alzheimers.
Neuroscience
To stave off Alzheimer’s, protect your brain’s mitochondria
Jenny Morber
A cell with blue and red cells on a black background.
Medicine
World-first experiment shows genetically engineered bacteria detecting cancer
Dan Worthley
An x-ray of a human body on top of a background of pills
Medicine
Weight-loss drug improves heart failure symptoms, too
Kristin Houser
Pills, a measuring tape, and a pen used for administering GLP-1 agonists on a colorful background
Public Health
New obesity treatments could reshape the world
Kristin Houser
A close up of liver cells
Medicine
One-shot gene therapy for liver disorder works in a small trial
Kristin Houser
A group of teeth floating in the air on a black background, emphasizing teeth whitening.
Healthcare
Scientists discover a gel that whitens teeth and kills 94% of bacteria
Peter Rogers
Surgeons operating on a patient
Surgery
A pig kidney is still working in a person after 32 days
Kristin Houser
A person satisfying food cravings by cutting a cake with a knife.
Food
Can you manipulate your brain to stop your food cravings?
Jaimee Bell