Health

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

Healthcare

The vicious cycle of food and sleep

More than a third of Americans don’t log enough hours in bed, provoking serious health impacts. Diet is an important, under-recognized reason.

Marie-Pierre St-Onge | Knowable Magazine

Mental Health

Scientists discover “anxiety gene” in the brain — and a natural way to turn it off

The discovery of an "anxiety gene" — and a natural way to put the brakes on it — in mice could lead to new treatments for anxiety disorders.

Kristin Houser

Brain

New gel destroys brain cancer in 100% of treated mice

A new brain cancer treatment not only cured 100% of mice that received it, but also trained their immune systems to fight future cancers.

Kristin Houser

Psychology

Emotions get better with age

As people grow older, they gain greater control of their feelings. How do they do that — and can they teach young people a thing or two?

Tim Vernimmen | Knowable Magazine

Brain

This brain image is 64 million times sharper than standard MRI

A new brain imaging technique that generates ultra-high resolution images of mouse brains could revolutionize neuroscience research.

Kristin Houser

Public Health

Two African countries first to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine, with 20 million doses on the way

Ghana and Nigeria have become the first two nations to approve Oxford’s vaccine against malaria.

B. David Zarley

Neuroscience

How frontotemporal dementia, the syndrome affecting Bruce Willis, changes the brain

What is FTD, the type of dementia that leads to inappropriate social behavior, impulsivity, and loss of empathy?

Fen-Biao Gao

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Medicine

Hollow “seed” shrinks cancerous tumors from the inside

A new drug delivery system for pancreatic tumors could dramatically decrease medication dosages, helping minimize unpleasant side effects.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

The imagination effect: A history of placebo power

The famous placebo effect has a long, rich history — it certainly had an outsized role in the medicine of centuries past.

Rosie Mestel | Knowable Magazine

Public Health

A mosquito factory will create billions of biters in Brazil

The World Mosquito Project’s plan is to introduce bacteria-carrying mosquitoes to stop the spread of dengue.

B. David Zarley

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