Curiosity app suggests you can tweak your personality traits

With a curiosity-building app, researchers explore how personality can shift through small daily actions.

Debra Herrick-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
June 16, 2025 ~6 min

‘Magic’ lenses make infrared light visible

"[We've] only scratched the surface so far and are very excited to see how much of an impact this type of new cost-effective technology will have..."

ETH Zurich • futurity
June 12, 2025 ~7 min


Tiny changes in the heart may cut irregular heartbeat risk

A new discovery challenges the idea that all age-related changes in the heart are harmful.

John Pastor - Virginia Tech • futurity
June 12, 2025 ~5 min

Is the plastic in your kitchen dangerous for your health?

U. Rochester-URMC • futurity
June 12, 2025 ~6 min

Listen: Are we training AI to think too much like humans?

In this podcast, a data scientist explains how we are limiting models like ChatGPT in training them and how that’s narrowing research.

U. Chicago • futurity
June 12, 2025 ~2 min

‘Smart’ dental implants could feel more like the real thing

What if dental implants could feel more like your real teeth? New "smart" implants are showing promise for exactly that.

Tufts University • futurity
June 11, 2025 ~5 min

Why don’t bats get cancer?

A study to look at why long-lived bats do not get cancer has broken new ground about the biological defenses that resist the disease.

U. Rochester-URMC • futurity
June 11, 2025 ~5 min

Bed bugs may be the first human pest

Bed bugs are most likely the first human pest, new research on the genome sequence of two distinct lineages shows.

Felicia Spencer-Virginia Tech • futurity
June 11, 2025 ~6 min


Can a sleeping pill protect against Alzheimer’s damage?

A common sleep aid restores healthier sleep patterns and protects mice from the brain damage seen in neurodegenerative disorders.

Julia Evangelou Strait-WUSTL • futurity
June 11, 2025 ~8 min

Team maps Neanderthal travels across Europe and Eurasia

"...despite obstacles like mountains and large rivers, Neanderthals could have crossed northern Eurasia surprisingly quickly."

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
June 10, 2025 ~5 min

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