Male birth control options are in development, but a number of barriers still stand in the way

There hasn’t been a new form of male birth control since the 1980s. More contraception options for all partners could help reduce the rate of unintended pregnancies.

Christina Chung-Lun Wang, Physician/Investigator at Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Professor of Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles • conversation
Oct. 12, 2022 ~8 min

Team makes rare, natural cancer-fighting compound in the lab

The only source of a promising cancer-fighting compound is a single kind of tree in Australia. Now, scientists have made it in the lab.

Holly Alyssa MacCormick-Stanford • futurity
Oct. 11, 2022 ~9 min


Students in Rwanda confound pandemic predictions and head back to school

New data from Rwanda, and some of the first published on how COVID-19 has impacted school attendance in the Global South, suggest that a widely-predicted spike

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 7, 2022 ~6 min

Parents are so wrong about teenage sleep and health

Harvard-affiliated study upends common myths around melatonin, weekends, school start times.

Brigham and Women’s Communications • harvard
Sept. 28, 2022 ~5 min

Which wetlands should receive federal protection? The Supreme Court revisits a question it has struggled in the past to answer

The Supreme Court opens its 2022-2023 session with a high-profile case that has major implications for both wildlife and landowners.

Albert C. Lin, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis • conversation
Sept. 26, 2022 ~10 min

Can a rare bird’s enzyme improve human health?

Using an enzyme from the crested ibis, scientists developed cells engineered to express therapeutic proteins, specifically a thrombin inhibitor.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Sept. 23, 2022 ~6 min

Building something better: How community organizing helps people thrive in challenging times

Organizers across the US are finding innovative grassroots strategies for helping people thrive. Many of these ventures emphasize working together as part of communities and collective systems.

Meghan Elizabeth Kallman, Assistant Professor of International Development, UMass Boston • conversation
Sept. 8, 2022 ~10 min

Tipping the balance between global rivals

John David Minnich seeks to understand how trade policies fueled China’s rise and continue to determine geopolitical winners and losers.

Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science • mit
Aug. 29, 2022 ~8 min


Psychedelic, near-death experiences ease fear of death

People who've had a psychedelic experience and those who've had a near-death experience that didn't involve drugs report less fear of death.

Marisol Martinez-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Aug. 24, 2022 ~5 min

Artificial intelligence model can detect Parkinson’s from breathing patterns

An MIT-developed device with the appearance of a Wi-Fi router uses a neural network to discern the presence and severity of one of the fastest-growing neurological diseases in the world.

Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health • mit
Aug. 22, 2022 ~6 min

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