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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.

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Medicine

Old drug appears to halt progression of Parkinson’s motor symptoms

A GLP-1 agonist used to treat diabetes appeared to halt the progression of Parkinson’s symptoms in a phase 2 trial.

Kristin Houser

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Brain

“Universal” BCI lets anyone play games with their minds

A specially trained “decoder” slashes the time it takes a brain-computer interface (BCI) to read a user’s mind.

Kristin Houser

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Astronomy

How three laser-shooting spacecraft could reveal the birth of the universe

The first space-based mission to detect gravitational waves, LISA, could give us a brand new perspective into the universe’s past.

Kristin Houser

Clean Energy

This startup is making natural gas from sunlight, water, and air

Terraform Industries is using sunlight, water, and air to create synthetic natural gas — and keep methane out of the atmosphere.

Kristin Houser

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Aerospace

T-Minus: Counting down the 10 biggest “firsts” in space exploration

A special edition of Freethink's weekly countdown of space news, featuring the 10 biggest milestones in humanity's exploration of space.

Kristin Houser

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Medicine

One-shot gene therapy reverses vision loss in small trial

A gene therapy for wet AMD — the most common cause of severe vision loss in seniors — is now in phase 3 trials.

Kristin Houser

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Clean Energy

Korea’s “artificial sun” sets nuclear fusion record

An upgrade to KSTAR, an “artificial sun” in Korea, enabled scientists to set a new world record in nuclear fusion.

Kristin Houser

Hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus' Quarterhorse Mk 1 on a runway

Aerospace

Hypersonic startup unveils its first aircraft

Hermeus just unveiled its first flight vehicle, putting it a major step closer to developing first-of-their-kind hypersonic aircraft.

Kristin Houser

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Aerospace

China is one step closer to having a nuclear-powered spacecraft

Chinese researchers say they are making progress on a nuclear-powered spacecraft that could dramatically accelerate space travel.

Kristin Houser

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Climate Crisis

How one startup is using the ocean to fight climate change

California startup Ebb Carbon wants to build the world’s largest marine CDR plant to capture CO2 in Port Angeles, Washington.

Kristin Houser