Freethink's weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring SpaceX's direct-to-cell satellite launch, XRISM's first images, and more. | Continue reading
HaptX's new technology uses tactile and force feedback to allow people to "feel" virtual objects with high fidelity. | Continue reading
Tech startup Rabbit has unveiled R1, an AI-powered consumer device designed to free you from app overload. | Continue reading
Deadly traffic incidents have declined in most developed countries in recent years. But in the U.S. they’re becoming more common. | Continue reading
Neoplants has bioengineered a pothos plant that removes 30% more pollutants from the air than a regular houseplant. | Continue reading
A study finds that microglia with mutant TREM2 protein reduce brain circuit connections, promote inflammation, and contribute to Alzheimer’s. | Continue reading
The startup Cappella has developed an app that translates baby cries and informs parents what is wrong alongside helpful suggestions. | Continue reading
Apple has announced a February 2, 2024, release date for its highly anticipated mixed reality headset, Vision Pro. | Continue reading
By harnessing the unusual properties of a liquid metal called gallium, scientists could create a new generation of flexible devices. | Continue reading
A promising new antibiotic that kills a superbug resistant to nearly all available drugs is now being tested in people. | Continue reading
Is chicken soup just a comforting placebo, providing psychological benefit while we’re sick, without an actual therapeutic effect? | Continue reading
Noninvasive brain stimulation while a person learns a new task in VR can improve their performance in the “real world.” | Continue reading
A toddler born with faulty heart valves is thriving nearly two years after undergoing the world’s first partial heart transplant. | Continue reading
The strongest genetic predictor of Alzheimer's disease is a variant of a gene called apolipoprotein E. Researchers are discovering why. | Continue reading
2024 is expected to deliver huge wins for the space industry, including 10 moon missions, more Starship launches, and a historic sun swoop. | Continue reading
It's a common belief that it's normal for adults to be less physically active as they age. This might be the most pernicious exercise myth. | Continue reading
A new kind of mRNA switch could give doctors the ability to precisely control the expression of therapeutic genes. | Continue reading
Until recently, wormholes were considered a mathematical curiosity, but Google's quantum computer suggests that wormholes might be real. | Continue reading
Freethink's weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring SpaceX's spaceplane launch, a new image of Io, and more. | Continue reading
Researchers looked at the link between life purpose and mortality and found that people who felt they had no purpose in life tended to die earlier. | Continue reading
This suit is changing the future of video game development, streaming, and motion graphics. | Continue reading
Research suggests that brief, repeated “wake-ups” during sleep are completely normal, and may actually bode well for one’s memory. | Continue reading
A new biohybrid computer combining a “brain organoid” and a traditional AI was able to perform speech recognition. | Continue reading
The science makes it abundantly clear that couples with more self-expansion are better relationships. Here's why. | Continue reading
Memory-related conditions are notoriously hard to treat, but there may be a way to boost recall in the brain. | Continue reading
The problem is not scientific consensus on red meat, but how specialists analyze risk when proffering public guidelines. | Continue reading
The AI robots making burgers and fries at CaliExpress could help the restaurant industry address its persistent labor shortage. | Continue reading
A passionate minority deny the existence of dark matter and embrace MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics) to explain the observations. | Continue reading
Using a powerful mathematical argument, black hole expert Roy Kerr argues that singularities shouldn't physically exist. He may be right. | Continue reading
In a history-making demonstration, NASA used invisible lasers to send a cat video to Earth from deep space. | Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz has added turquoise lights to its self-driving vehicles to indicate when its autonomous driving system is engaged. | Continue reading
While the old adage says that money can’t buy happiness, studies have determined that the more your income increases, the happier you are. | Continue reading
A small study showed caffeine lessens decision-making. While preliminary, it raises questions about caffeine affects our "higher" cognitive functions. | Continue reading
Researchers estimate how much more CO2 we can emit to keep temperatures below 1.5°C and 2°C to combat climate change. | Continue reading
Boomitra’s remote sensing technology combines data from Earth and space to verify when carbon is coming out of the air. | Continue reading
Herculaneum’s Villa de Papiri contains hundreds of ancient texts that were carbonized by Mt. Vesuvius. Now, they can only be deciphered by AI. | Continue reading
Microsoft is training an AI to generate the paperwork needed to get next-gen nuclear reactors approved by regulators. | Continue reading
Stronger than plastic and tougher than glass, the transparent wood is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows, and more | Continue reading
Adding Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine to a standard melanoma treatment dramatically reduces the risk of death or recurrence. | Continue reading
In 2023, several potentially game-changing meds, including ones to treat pain and high cholesterol, showed huge promise in clinical trials. | Continue reading
Chemobrain, or chemofog, can significantly affect cancer survivors' quality of life with its social, psychological, and economic impacts. | Continue reading
Meta has unveiled Seamless, a language translation AI that can quickly translate speech while preserving the original tone and emotion. | Continue reading
Google's AI GNoME has predicted 2.2 million novel inorganic crystal structures. If synthesized in labs, they may pave the way for new technologies. | Continue reading
Freethink's countdown of the biggest space news of 2023, featuring major rocket launches, groundbreaking astronomy discoveries, and more. | Continue reading
Instead of your static map or tilted, spinny globe – this technology would unlock a daily, real-time image of the entire world. | Continue reading
In the largest study yet of deep neural networks trained to perform auditory tasks, researchers found surprising similarities to human hearing. | Continue reading
There has been a lot of excitement this year about new “anti-obesity” drugs. These drugs, made using glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1) agonists, work by suppressing your hunger. This, in turn, […] | Continue reading
The mental wellbeing of children and young people is at the forefront of mind - and UNICEF and partners have a design plan to strengthen healthcare systems to meet the demand. | Continue reading