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Kristin Houser

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Kristin Houser is a staff writer at Freethink, where she covers science and tech. Her written work has appeared in Business Insider, NBC News, and the World Economic Forum’s Agenda, among other publications, and Stephen Colbert once talked about a piece on The Late Show, to her delight.

Prior to joining Freethink, Kristin was a staff writer for Futurism and wrote several animated and live action web series.

Aerospace

The Hubble Space Telescope is dying. Here’s what’s next.

With Hubble living on borrowed time, NASA and its partners prepare to launch the satellite's successor: the James Webb Space Telescope.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Clever sleeping bag design might save astronauts’ eyesight

A sleeping bag designed for use in microgravity could protect astronauts’ vision by pulling eyeball-deforming fluids away from their brains.

Kristin Houser

Food

Autonomous Ford delivers produce, milk to food insecure seniors

An autonomous shuttle developed by Ford delivers fresh produce and milk to food insecure seniors in Detroit as part of a new pilot program.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Needle-free COVID-19 vaccine is in human trials

A needle-free COVID-19 vaccine now in human trials could protect us against both this disease and future coronavirus outbreaks.

Kristin Houser

Neuroscience

Edison and Dali’s “creative nap” trick seems to actually work

Briefly entering the hypnagogic state appears to boost creative thinking, just like Thomas Edison and Salvador Dalí said it would.

Kristin Houser

Virology

Blood and stool samples from 1980s link HIV to gut microbiome

A person’s chances of getting HIV appears to be influenced by the gut microbiome, suggesting it might help us prevent the disease.

Kristin Houser

Urban Living

Paris to make the Seine River swimmable for the Olympics

Paris’ plan to make its iconic Seine River swimmable for the 2024 Summer Olympics could help other cities clean up their own waterways.

Kristin Houser

We can now explore Meta’s first virtual world

Meta (formerly Facebook) has opened up access to Horizon Worlds, its virtual world for the metaverse, to all adults in the U.S. and Canada.

Kristin Houser

Homelessness

UK trials “NAPpads” to help rough sleepers survive the winter

A pilot project to combat homelessness could help rough sleepers not only survive this winter, but maybe even get off the streets for good.

Kristin Houser

Aging

Why do “young blood” transfusions help aging mice?

Young blood transfusions may combat signs of aging in older mice by increasing the production of a specific protein: Klotho.

Kristin Houser