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 close-up of an elderly person's hands on a cane.
Neuroscience
Do we finally know what causes Alzheimer’s?
James Kingsland
a man using a walker to take steps in an outdoor settin
Neuroscience
Paralyzed man walks again using only his thoughts 
Kristin Houser
an illustration of cancer cells floating alongside blood cells
Medicine
This “bridge” between chemo and cancer solves a big problem for treatment
Kristin Houser
a closeup of a woman's hand wearing a black wristband and bracelets
Wearables
This new watch-like wearable measures blood pressure 24/7
Sam Jarman
a Novo Nordisk office
Medicine
Pill version of obesity drug reduced weight almost 13% in new trial
B. David Zarley
an illustration of the interior of a cancer cell
Medicine
Cancer treatment is about to get a reboot, thanks to AI
Andrea Califano and Gideon Bosker
two death cap mushrooms
Medicine
CRISPR uncovers possible antidote for death cap mushroom poisoning
B. David Zarley
four baby chicks
Genetics
New kind of chicken lays eggs that don’t have allergy protein
Kristin Houser
a woman with a medical device near her head
Mental Health
Depression treatment reverses “backwards” brain signals
Kristin Houser
Aging
Older people were 3x stronger at the end of this science-backed 8-week program
Robin M. Daly and David Scott