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B. David Zarley

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B. David Zarley is a senior staff writer for Freethink, where he covers health and medicine, including infectious disease, psychedelic research, mental health, and the brain. A graduate of SUNY Fredonia, his work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Verge, Jezebel, Frieze, Sports Illustrated, VICE, Paste Magazine, and numerous other publications. He lives in Chicago and can be reached via Signal by request. Send him story ideas!

Medicine

For the first time, scientists can switch cancer-fighting cells on and off

While it can be effective, CAR-T cancer therapy can also cause dangerous side effects. But a new on/off switch could change that.

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Aerospace

Air Canada orders 30 electric-hybrid aircraft for takeoff in 2028

Flag carrier Air Canada has announced plans to have electric-hybrid planes on regional and commuter routes by 2028.

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Clean Energy

Brick batteries may be a key to decarbonizing heavy industry

By storing renewable energy as heat in brick “batteries,” Rondo Energy believes they can decarbonize heavy industry.

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Drugs

Meth addiction treatments are finally on the horizon

New antibody and drug therapies may soon help treat meth patients, who currently have no pharmacological interventions.

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Medicine

An old anti-psychotic offers a new way to treat chronic pain

Researchers have found that an old anti-psychotic drug may have implications for chronic pain and cancer.

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Medicine

Blood test can find dozens of types of cancer, with few false positives

Grail’s Galleri multi-cancer blood test found multiple cancers in a study of over 6,000 patients.

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Clean Energy

This startup wants to build a radically powerful new kind of wind turbine

Norwegian startup World Wide Wind wants to build offshore wind turbines based on a completely different design from traditional models.

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Drugs

San Francisco decriminalizes plant-based psychedelics

San Francisco joins Oakland, Santa Cruz, DC, and Denver in decriminalizing some psychedelics.

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Outer Space

How NASA is planning to prevent a Martian plague

When Mars samples arrive, they may carry more than knowledge. To offset the chance of a Martian pandemic, NASA is learning to contain a Red Planet plague.

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Clean Energy

Wave energy generator passes 10-month test at sea

A wave energy generator has completed a ten month open ocean trial.

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