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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!

Public Health

Two African countries first to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine, with 20 million doses on the way

Ghana and Nigeria have become the first two nations to approve Oxford’s vaccine against malaria.

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Transportation

Cruise driverless cars can now operate 24/7 across San Francisco

GM-backed Cruise has announced that it can now operate its driverless car service 24/7 in San Francisco.

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Public Health

A mosquito factory will create billions of biters in Brazil

The World Mosquito Project’s plan is to introduce bacteria-carrying mosquitoes to stop the spread of dengue.

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Aerospace

The paper plane world record has been shattered

Boeing engineers who grew up folding paper planes at family days have broken the distance flight record.

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Outer Space

What do 85,000 volcanoes look like? Check out a comprehensive map of Venus and see.

Using decades-old data, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created a comprehensive Venus volcano map.

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Medicine

Stanford researchers have engineered an organism to fight cancer

A team of Stanford and MIT researchers have engineered bacteria to create a topical tumor treatment and preventative effective in mice.

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Drugs

LSD effective as major depression therapy in phase 2 trial

MindMed and University Hospital Basel have announced top line results for their phase 2 trial.

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Brain

Study finds CPR patients may frequently have near-death experiences

In a study of CPR patients across the US and UK, researchers found new evidence about near-death experiences.

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Entrepreneurs

Nurses are breaking the mold to set out on their own

Tech platform Hydreight wants to help nurses go into business for themselves by being a turnkey solution.

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Mental Health

DMT appears effective for depression up to six months later

Small Pharma has announced the results of a six-month follow-up for their phase 2a trial of DMT for depression.

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