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 woman engaged in exercise on a track.
Healthcare
Exercise may or may not help you lose weight and keep it off
Donald M. Lamkin
An aging couple strolling along a path.
Aging
Aging is complicated – a biologist explains why no two people or cells age the same way
Ellen Quarles
A machine utilizing pink liquid for immunotherapy research.
Cancer
Natural killer cells now have a better shot at destroying cancer
Kristin Houser
A close up of a mosquito's eye.
Biology
Not all repellents are equal – here’s how to avoid mosquito bites this summer
Hailey A. Luker and Immo A. Hansen
Woman checking her blood sugar level.
Medicine
A functional cure for brittle diabetes is now available in the US
Kristin Houser
An image depicting cellular activity with blue and red lights, used for assessing the risk of pancreatic cancer.
Cancer
New AI predicts who is most at risk of pancreatic cancer
Kristin Houser
Viktor E Frankl
Psychology
Viktor Frankl: The doctor who prescribed the meaning of life to his patients
Scotty Hendricks
A close up of a woman's teeth showcasing remarkable ability to regenerate.
Medicine
Drug to grow new teeth heads to human trials
Kristin Houser
An image of a cell used in cancer vaccine research.
Cancer
MIT’s vaccine-enhanced CAR-T cell therapy destroys solid tumors
Kristin Houser
A close up of a healthy pink and purple tissue with taste buds.
Food
Can we train our taste buds for health?
Monica Dus