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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.

an illustration of a radio telescope in a lunar crater

Aerospace

A massive moon telescope could solve the mystery of the “Cosmic Dark Ages”

NASA hopes a massive radio telescope on the moon will be able to reveal what was happening during the mysterious “Cosmic Dark Ages."

Kristin Houser

a man using a walker to take steps in an outdoor settin

Neuroscience

Paralyzed man walks again using only his thoughts

A man with paralyzed legs is walking again thanks to a “digital bridge” between his brain and a spinal stimulator.

Kristin Houser

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Medicine

This “bridge” between chemo and cancer solves a big problem for treatment

To improve leukemia treatment, Australian researchers have created a bispecific antibody that connects chemo drugs to cancer cells.

Kristin Houser

a massive airplane mid-flight. a smaller hypersonic aircraft is attached to its underside

Aerospace

Watch the world’s largest plane drop a hypersonic aircraft

Aerospace company Stratolaunch has dropped a hypersonic aircraft from its record-breaking Roc launch platform for the first time.

Kristin Houser

Genetics

New kind of chicken lays eggs that don’t have allergy protein

Newly created gene-edited hens lay eggs without ovomucoid, the protein most likely to trigger an egg allergy.

Kristin Houser

an illustration of a planet covered in active volcanoes

Astronomy

Astronomers find Earth-sized planet covered in volcanoes

An Earth-sized exoplanet 90 light years away may be covered in active volcanoes — and home to extraterrestrial life.

Kristin Houser

a woman with a medical device near her head

Mental Health

Depression treatment reverses “backwards” brain signals

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) appears to relieve depression by correcting brain signals that are traveling the wrong direction.

Kristin Houser

an artist illustration of the spitzer space telescope

Aerospace

NASA’s last “Great Observatory” could be coming out of retirement

A startup’s audacious plan to revive NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope just secured a $250,000 Space Force contract.

Kristin Houser

an illustration of a face made of 1s and 0s with a background of medical symbols

The AI healthcare revolution has begun

The ability of AI to diagnose diseases, discover drugs, and even perform surgery is increasing rapidly — but will patients accept Dr. AI?

Kristin Houser

a person wearing four robotic arms on their back

Robotics

This robotic arm study is preparing us for our cyborg future

A new study at the University of Tokyo aims to find out how people feel using robotic arms — and sharing them with others.

Kristin Houser