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B. David Zarley

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B. David Zarley is a senior staff writer for Freethink, where he covers health and medicine, including infectious disease, psychedelic research, mental health, and the brain. A graduate of SUNY Fredonia, his work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Verge, Jezebel, Frieze, Sports Illustrated, VICE, Paste Magazine, and numerous other publications. He lives in Chicago and can be reached via Signal by request. Send him story ideas!

Clean Energy

New solar device can pull hydrogen straight from the air

Researchers have created a solar-powered device that can pull water from the air to create hydrogen.

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Coronavirus

Newly discovered antibody neutralizes all variants of the coronavirus

Using modified mouse models originally designed for HIV, researchers have discovered an antibody that stops all known strains of COVID-19.

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Drugs

Microdosing’s benefits may be powered by belief

A small, double-blind, placebo-controlled study has found evidence that expectations may be behind microdosing’s beneficial effects.

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Meta can (kinda) guess what you’ve heard via your brain waves

Meta has created an AI that can tell what you’re hearing based on non-invasive brain scan measurements.

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The genome of the immortal jellyfish has been sequenced

Researchers have sequenced the genome of the immortal jellyfish, revealing insights into its ability to reverse its life cycle.

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Synthetic DNA nasal spray could stop COVID, flu, and other viruses

Cal-Berkeley researchers have developed a nasal spray which uses DNA-like molecules to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from replicating.

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Researchers are fighting to clear brain fog

Brain fog’s prevalence among long COVID patients has researchers focusing on understanding, and treating, it.

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Cars

On the road to autonomous cars, driver fatigue will be a problem

New research from Waymo points the way to overcoming driver fatigue in cars that are almost — but not quite — self-driving.

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Business

New industries are embracing apprenticeships

Eschewing costly college degrees, earn-and-learn apprenticeship programs are pushing into new industries.

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Agriculture

Breakthrough in photosynthesis boosts plant growth up to 30%

In a small study, researchers have engineered soy plants to have higher yields thanks to improved photosynthesis.

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