Health

A person wearing blue gloves operates a piece of scientific equipment, handling small yellow cubes that are immersed in a cryogenic container.
Fertility
The future of fertility, from artificial wombs to AI-assisted IVF
A look back at the history of infertility treatments and ahead to the tech that could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.
Kristin Houser
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Drugs
The exciting research that may cure Parkinson’s 
GeneCode is developing a drug it hopes won’t just alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms but also protect and restore patient’s neural health.
Kevin Dickinson
A child sitting on a couch in a dimly lit room, holding and looking intently at a tablet, as if testing the Goldilocks hypothesis for the perfect screen brightness.
Mental Health
Beyond screen time: Rethinking kids’ tech use with the “Goldilocks hypothesis”
The “Goldilocks hypothesis” asks parents to think beyond screen time and consider the habits that teens build around technology use.
Kevin Dickinson
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Medicine
Clinical trials can save more lives, and faster, with AI
Kristin Houser
A person is holding a serotonin-boosting donut with sprinkles on it.
Neuroscience
Serotonin plays a key role in patience and impulse control, research says
Jaimee Bell
A collage featuring a dog and cancer cells
Cancer
Cancer vaccine for dogs appears to nearly double survival rate
Kristin Houser
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3D Printing
3D-printed skin could heal wounds with less scarring
Kristin Houser
A painting of a man and a woman exercising.
Mental Health
Running or yoga can help beat depression, research shows – even if it’s the last thing you feel like
Michael Noetel
A collage featuring a woman undergoing brain stimulation and images of the brain
Brain
How scientists are using sound waves to hack the brain
Kristin Houser
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Inventions
New “spiral” contact lenses let you see up close and far away
Kristin Houser
An illustration of a person's foot with an arrow pointing at their Achilles heel
Cancer
How the “powerhouse of the cell” could be cancer’s Achilles heel
Sachin Rawat
A collage featuring an injector pen for the weigh-loss drug Saxenda and a person's hand holding pills
Addiction
Weight-loss drug reduces cravings for opioids in small study
Kristin Houser
A close up of a red blood cell, highlighting its structure and shape.
Biology
The untapped potential of stem cells in menstrual blood
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