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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.

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Clean Energy

Japan sets new nuclear fusion record

A massive nuclear fusion experiment just hit a major milestone, potentially putting us a little closer to a future of limitless clean energy.

Kristin Houser

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Medicine

Gold-laced gel could help you recover from a major muscle injury

A combination of electrical stimulation and a gold nanoparticle-laced hydrogel could one day help people recover from major muscle injuries.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

T-Minus: Stranded space drugs, a new moon lander, and more

Freethink's weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring a stranded space factory, Jeff Bezos' new moon lander, and more.

Kristin Houser

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This AI companion could forever change how you feel about tech

Silicon Valley tech startup New Computer has unveiled Dot, an AI companion that could forever change our relationship with tech.

Kristin Houser

Three people posing for a photo with Honda's hands-free wheelchair

Accessibility

Honda unveils hands-free wheelchair you steer like a Segway

Honda Robotics has unveiled a prototype of the UNI-ONE, a hands-free wheelchair that you steer with your body weight.

Kristin Houser

A NASA astronaut about to step onto the moon

Aerospace

NASA spends $50K on liquid metal spacesuit material

NASA-backed engineers are developing a new spacesuit material that will use liquid metals to repel lunar dust on demand.

Kristin Houser

images showing the effect of the treatment on neuromuscular junctions

Biology

Blocking this one protein could strengthen muscles

Stanford researchers have figured out how a therapy that blocks a single protein can reverse age-related muscle loss in mice.

Kristin Houser

CRISPR

CRISPR cure for HIV now tested in 3 people

Excision BioTherapeutics has shared data from the first human clinical trial of a CRISPR cure for HIV. Here's what we know — and don't know.

Kristin Houser

A man is holding up a living pharmacy prototype, which looks like a small piece of plastic with lines on it

Medicine

“Living pharmacies” could mean you never forget to take your meds again

The US government is funding the development of "living pharmacies," implants containing cells that release medications on demand.

Kristin Houser

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Aerospace

NASA funds AI lasers to zap space junk

NASA is funding the development of AI space lasers to protect its spacecraft and astronauts from potentially deadly space junk.

Kristin Houser