Employers are failing to insure the working class – Medicaid cuts would leave them even more vulnerable

Medicaid improves access to care for low-wage workers who cannot survive on bare-bone benefits offered by their employers.

Sumit Agarwal, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan • conversation
July 3, 2025 ~8 min

Study: Babies’ poor vision may help organize visual brain pathways

MIT researchers found that low-quality visual input early in life may contribute to the development of key pathways in the brain’s visual system.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
July 3, 2025 ~9 min


The Supreme Court upholds free preventive care, but its future now rests in RFK Jr.’s hands

The justices ruled that a key preventive health task force has authority because it is appointed by the Health and Human Services secretary. Some experts worry that RFK Jr. could politicize it.

Kristefer Stojanovski, Assistant Professor of Social, Behavioral and Population Sciences, Tulane University • conversation
July 2, 2025 ~9 min

Plants in hospital rooms may enhance recovery

"Hospital rooms are more than just places for treatment—they're environments that can either support or hinder healing."

Texas A&M University • futurity
July 1, 2025 ~6 min

Deadly Salmonella in cows is on the rise globally

"This is a bacterium that kills people every year, and it is high time we do more to combat it."

U. Copenhagen • futurity
July 1, 2025 ~7 min

How to best protect your skin from the sun this summer

With summer in full swing, an expert dispels sunscreen myths and shares advice for safe, healthy fun in the sun.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
July 1, 2025 ~9 min

Self determination theory: how to use it to boost wellbeing

A foundational idea in self-determination theory is that we have three basic psychological needs: for autonomy, competence and relatedness.

Mark Fabian, Reader of Public Policy, University of Warwick • conversation
July 1, 2025 ~7 min

Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ethical issues that go beyond abortion politics

Adriana Smith’s body was kept on life support for 16 weeks so her fetus could gestate. Abortion politics don’t capture the ethical complexities of such situations.

Lindsey Breitwieser, Assistant Professor of Gender & Women's Studies, Hollins University • conversation
July 1, 2025 ~11 min


New method combines imaging and sequencing to study gene function in intact tissue

The approach collects multiple types of imaging and sequencing data from the same cells, leading to new insights into mouse liver biology.

Whitehead Institute • mit
June 30, 2025 ~9 min

Accelerating scientific discovery with AI

FutureHouse, co-founded by Sam Rodriques PhD ’19, has developed AI agents to automate key steps on the path toward scientific progress.

Zach Winn | MIT News • mit
June 30, 2025 ~8 min

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