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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

Want better nasal vaccines? Look to the bacteria in your nose.

Researchers are investigating the link between the bacteria inside your nose and how effective nasal vaccines can be.

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Coronavirus

UK researchers are growing the Delta variant for human challenge trials

Responding to the variant’s rise, UK researchers are growing the Delta variant for trials.

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Medicine

A blood test for your circadian clock

Your circadian clock controls more than when you sleep and wake. Researchers are developing a simple blood test to try and accurately tell your time.

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Sports

Cambridge researchers have created a mathematical model for building muscle

Now there’s a mathematical model that could maximize the effectiveness of exercise.

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Cars

AI is helping cars spot potholes

Researchers have developed an AI system that allows cars to spot potholes.

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Prosthetics

Tiny magnetic beads and turkeys may lead to better prosthetic limbs

MIT and Brown researchers have developed a technique using implanted magnetic beads that they hope will lead to better control of prosthetic limbs.

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Neuroscience

Brain-wide gene editing may one day treat Alzheimer’s

Researchers have developed a brain-wide gene editing technique that treated Alzheimer’s disease in mice.

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3D Printing

Researchers have 3D-printed an active tumor

Tel Aviv University researchers have 3D-printed an active glioblastoma tumor, potentially paving a way to better study the lethal brain cancer.

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Prosthetics

MIT has created an inflatable prosthetic hand

MIT researchers have created a soft, inflatable prosthetic hand that provides advanced abilities at a fraction of the cost and weight.

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Coronavirus

India’s DNA vaccine for COVID-19 gets emergency approval

India has granted emergency approval to the world's first DNA vaccine for COVID-19.

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