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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.

Biology

Startup unveils $179 houseplant engineered to purify your air

Neoplants' $179 genetically engineered houseplant pulls VOCs from the air 30 times more efficiently than plants found in nature.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

FDA approves US’s first fecal transplant therapy

The FDA has approved Rebyota, a slurry used during fecal transplant therapy to treat recurrent C. difficile infections.

Kristin Houser

Brain

Magnets pull these tiny medical robots deep into the brain

LA-based startup Bionaut Labs is developing micro-sized medical robots that are guided through the body by magnets.

Kristin Houser

Robotics

“Korean Google” opens the world’s first robot-friendly building

Tech giant Naver Corporation designed its new headquarters, 1784, to be a "robot-friendly" testing ground for its latest technologies.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

NASA invests $57 million in a 3D laser printer to build moon bases

NASA has invested $57.2 into construction company ICON’s 3D printer for building on the moon, Mars, and beyond.

Kristin Houser

An interview with ChatGPT about itself

Freethink interviews OpenAI’s ChatGPT, an AI chatbot capable of generating conversational text, code, and more in response to prompts.

Kristin Houser and Daniel Bier

Neuroscience

Watch a Neuralink robot insert electrodes into a dummy brain

During a livestreamed event, a Neuralink robot precisely inserted 64 electrode-packed threads into a dummy brain in just 15 minutes.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Rolls-Royce tests its first hydrogen-powered plane engine

Rolls-Royce and easyJet have demonstrated for the first time that a modern plane engine can be safely powered by hydrogen fuel.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Astronomers detect “mystery molecule” in exoplanet’s atmosphere

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, we now know more about the atmosphere of WASP-39b, a distant gas giant, than any other exoplanet.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Australia’s first rocket set to launch in 2023

Gilmour Space expects to launch its first rocket in 2023, which will add Australia to the short list of nations to send rockets to space.

Kristin Houser