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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

Boeing’s Starliner is finally on its way to the ISS (Updated)

Boeing’s Starliner capsule — developed to carry NASA astronauts — is now en route to the International Space Station.

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Bionics

Can your mind ever “own” an extra body part?

A robotic finger can feel like a part of our hand after just a short time using it, suggesting that our brains can "own" extra body parts.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

NASA is planning to bring back supersonic flight over land

Supersonic flight over land is currently banned in the US, but a plane being built by NASA and Lockheed Martin could rewrite the rules.

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Healthcare

New MRI machine will unlock better images for medicine

A new MRI machine with a larger opening and a weaker magnetic field overcomes many shortcomings of other scanners.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Chinese rover makes surprise discovery about liquid water on Mars

Data from China’s Zhurong rover suggests there was substantial liquid water on Mars far more recently than we thought.

Kristin Houser

Wearables

Could a former NASA scientist’s “sunlight glasses” protect your vision?

A former NASA scientist has co-developed a pair of glasses designed to prevent myopia by glowing in a precise wavelength of visible light.

Kristin Houser

Apps

End-of-life planning app helps you prepare for mortality

End-of-life planning app Bereev helps you prepare for your death so that your loved ones will be able to focus on grieving after you pass.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Scientists grow plants in real lunar soil for the first time

Lunar soil was used to grow plants for the first time, suggesting that we may be able to produce food for astronauts off-world.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

A 20-seat hypersonic plane is being built in Atlanta

Atlanta-based startup Hermeus is developing a hypersonic plane to ferry passengers around the globe at incredible speeds.

Kristin Houser

Aerospace

Watch: SpinLaunch just flung a camera toward space at 1,000+ mph

California startup SpinLaunch sent a camera flying toward space at more than 1,000 mph and then released the video online.

Kristin Houser