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Emma is a life-sized doll designed to show what U.K. office workers could look like in 20 years if changes aren't made to the workplace environment.
Studies

Here’s How 20 Years of Office Work Will Disfigure the Human Body

By Kristin Houser

A new study says some screen time is good for young kids, but the scientific community has yet to reach anything close to a consensus on the topic.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Can’t Agree About Kids and Screen Time

By Kristin Houser

People with celiac disease may finally be able to enjoy foods with gluten thanks to a new nanoparticle technology developed at Northwestern University.
Nanotech

Nanoparticle Tech Reduces Celiac Disease Symptoms by 90%

By Kristin Houser

Russian biologist Denis Rebrikov is trying to get approval to create the next gene-edited baby — and this deaf woman could be its mother.
Gene Editing

A Russian Scientist Wants to Gene Edit This Woman’s Next Baby

By Kristin Houser

People in the Phillipines are selling organs on Facebook, supplying an illegal human organ trafficking ring in exchange for some desperately-needed cash.
Developments

People Are Selling Human Organs on Facebook

By Dan Robitzski

Your brain is hardwired to prevent you from considering your fear of your own death, according to a new study set for publication in the journal NeuroImage.
Neuroscience and Brain

New Research Explains Why We Don’t Live In Constant Fear of Death

By Kristin Houser

To help teens battle their smartphone addiction, South Korea's government now funds more than a dozen detox camps every year.
Health & Medicine

Phone-Addicted Teens Are Now Enrolling in Detox Camps

By Kristin Houser

Russian biologist Denis Rebrikov has begun editing human eggs, putting him one step closer to his goal of creating CRISPR babies.
Gene Editing

Russian Biologist Confirms He’s Working on More CRISPR Babies

By Kristin Houser

Public health researcher Joel Moskowitz argues that we don't yet understand the risks of 5G, such as causing cancer, and that more research is necessary.
Cancer

Researcher Warns That 5G Might Actually Cause Cancer After All

By Jon Christian

An app claiming to use DNA tests to determine whether someone's gay is under fire by the scientists who actually conducted the research it's based on.
DNA

Scientists Call For Removal of App Claiming to Detect Gay DNA

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers just secured funding to create a working prototype of an artificial womb, which could end one of the leading causes of infant deaths.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Want to Grow Babies in Giant, Liquid-Filled Balloons

By Kristin Houser

An app literally called "How Gay Are You" uses incredibly questionable science to predict whether people are homosexual based on their DNA test results.
DNA

This Startup Says It Can Analyze Your DNA to Detect if You’re Gay

By Dan Robitzski

An international group of scientists is compiling a biological "atlas" of all the individual cells that make up the human body.
Developments

A New Project Is Helping Map Every Cell in the Human Body

By Jacob Banas

Fitbit partnered with Singapore to provide free fitness trackers to people in exchange for a monthly fee and access to their health data.
Future Society

Fitbit Will Provide Free Smartwatches in Singapore

By Dan Robitzski

A rare, brain-swelling deadly virus spread via mosquitoes was just spotted in Orange County, Florida, prompting public advisories warning to avoid bites.
Brain

Mosquitoes in Florida Are Spreading a Deadly Brain Virus

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA just announced a recall of Allergan breast implants, linking the manufacturer to hundreds of cases of a rare cancer.
Cancer

Most People With This Rare Cancer Got a Specific Breast Implant

By Dan Robitzski

Juul Labs CEO Kevin Burns just issued a sort of apology for how many vaping teens have become addicted to nicotine by using his company's product.
Health & Medicine

Juul CEO: “I’m Sorry” for Teen Vaping Epidemic

By Dan Robitzski

A new breathalyzer called the Keyto can help people on the keto diet track how well they're doing at cutting carbs out of their diets.
Health & Medicine

A $100 Breathalyzer Can Tell if You’re Sneaking Carbs

By Dan Robitzski

A scientist argued that more dogs should be sent to space, both to serve as companions but also to improve microbiome diversity in orbit.
Off-World

Scientists Are Calling for More Dogs in Space

By Dan Robitzski

Dozens of newly-uncovered climate studies that were buried by Trump's USDA reveal how major foods like rice are becoming less nutritious.
Climate Change

Trump Admin. Hid Climate Reports Warning of New Dangers

By Dan Robitzski

Contractors who moderate flagged posts for Facebook describe hellish and hostile working conditions while reviewing the worst of the internet.
Future Society

Facebook Moderators Are Dying at Their Desks

By Dan Robitzski

A new system could enable smart speakers to listen in for signs of a heart attack and immediately call for medical assistance.
Health & Medicine

Future Smart Speakers Could Call 911 if They Hear a Heart Attack

By Dan Robitzski

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Health & Medicine

This NAD+ Supplement Takes the Fight Against Aging to the Cellular Level

By Futurism Creative

According to the World Health Organization, burnout is now a fully-recognized work-related psychological condition and can be diagnosed as such.
Health & Medicine

So Tired: Doctors Can Now Diagnose You With Burnout

By Dan Robitzski

By targeting "zombified" senescent cells that clog the brain, doctors think they may be able to prevent age-related medical conditions.
Health & Medicine

Scientists: Drugs That Kill “Zombie Cells” Could Prevent Aging

By Dan Robitzski

The Florida Keys are about to use drones to find and kill mosquitos breeding in remote pools of standing water instead of sending expensive helicopters.
Drones

Florida Officials Are Using Drones to Kill Mosquitoes

By Dan Robitzski

Bank of America analysts argue that it would be wise to invest in longevity companies that are working to extend the human lifespan and erase disease.
Health & Medicine

Major Bank: The Immortality Industry Is the Next Hot Investment

By Dan Robitzski

New research reveals that when Coca-Cola funds nutrition research, it retains the right to review and kill studies that would look bad for the company.
Health & Medicine

Coke Funded Nutrition Research — and Killed Anti-Sugar Results

By Dan Robitzski

Health-focused apps can sell sensitive personal information to whomever they please, and a new study shows that many do so without telling users.
Health & Medicine

Apps to Help Quit Smoking Are Selling Your Data

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA just issued new black box warnings, the most severe that it can, against sleeping pills' dangerous sleep walking side effects.
Sleep

FDA: Ambien Is Making People Kill Themselves While Asleep

By Dan Robitzski

Moleculin Biotech, a company that conducts clinical research for cancer treatments, found a way to speed up the process by moving its research to Poland.
Health & Medicine

Expensive US Drug Trials Are Pushing Pharma Research Overseas

By Dan Robitzski

Denver, Colorado, may soon decriminalize the personal use of psilocybin-containing mushrooms, making it the first place in the U.S. to consider doing so.
Future Society

Denver Is Voting on Whether to Decriminalize Psychedelic Mushrooms

By Dan Robitzski

A new study shows that fecal transplants of healthy gut flora can help reduce the more severe symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Health & Medicine

Fecal Transplants Reduce Symptoms of Autism Long Term

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just published the full results of its extensive study into how space travel altered astronaut Scott Kelly's health and gene expression.
NASA

NASA: Genetic Changes Caused by Space Travel Are Temporary

By Dan Robitzski

Former Tesla and clinic employees share how doctors blocked workers' compensation claims and put injured people back to work to avoid payouts.
Tesla

Report: Tesla Doc Is Playing Down Injuries to Block Workers’ Comp

By Dan Robitzski

A new survey figured out how many bacteria and fungi are on the International Space Station. In some places, there are a billion cells per square meter.
International Space Station

The International Space Station is Teeming With Germs

By Dan Robitzski

A new drug, currently in development, could eventually give rise to safe and effective birth control for both men and women.
Health & Medicine

New Birth Control Drug Would Work for Men and Women

By Dan Robitzski

Prince Harry recently spoke to a panel about the dangers of social media and Fortnite, the former of which he says is more addictive than drugs.
Future Society

British Royalty Wants to Ban “Fortnite”

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA, the United States' consumer health watchdog, is now raising the alarm that they could be associated with dangerous seizures.
Health & Medicine

The FDA Is Investigating Whether Vaping Causes Seizures

By Jon Christian

In a new op-ed for scientific american, scientists argue that anti-vaxxers are such a danger to society that they shouldn't be allowed near others.
Health & Medicine

Scientists: Anti-Vaxxers Are the Moral Equivalent of Drunk Drivers

By Dan Robitzski

A new antimicrobial coating kept bacteria from growing on the International Space Station's door, which could protect immune-compromised astronauts.
International Space Station

Scientists’ New Goal: Make the ISS Bathroom Less Disgusting

By Dan Robitzski

Indian police just caught a man who was smuggling a live, human embryo into the country from Malaysia, where fertility treatments are more expensive.
Health & Medicine

A Smuggler Just Got Caught With a Live Human Embryo in His Luggage

By Dan Robitzski

A panel of scientists just recommended to the Japanese government that CRISPR-edited foods should be declared safe to eat.
Food

Japan Poised to Declare CRISPR-Edited Foods Safe to Eat

By Dan Robitzski

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb says that anti-vaxxers are putting the country at risk of facing epidemics of dangerous, preventable diseases.
Health & Medicine

FDA Head: Anti-Vaxxers Could Soon Cause an Epidemic

By Dan Robitzski

Tests show that dormant herpes viruses reactivate in more than half the astronauts who travel on the Space Shuttle and International Space station.
NASA

NASA: Space Travel Is Causing Astronauts’ Herpes to Flare Up

By Jon Christian

States Are Approving Cannabis to Fight Opioid Addiction
Health & Medicine

States Are Approving Cannabis to Fight Opioid Addiction

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time outside of China, a clinic is using CRISPR gene editing techniques to treat someone in a clinical trial.
Health & Medicine

Western Biotech Firm Treats First Patient With CRISPR

By Dan Robitzski

A Wall Street Journal investigation reveals that several popular health tracking apps send data to Facebook without ever asking or informing users.
Meta

Those Health Apps Send Your Biometric Data Straight to Facebook

By Dan Robitzski

New Research: Bone Marrow Transplants Might Prevent Aging
Health & Medicine

New Research: Bone Marrow Transplants Might Prevent Aging

By Dan Robitzski

Vampire Clinic That Sold Young Blood to the Wealthy Closes Shop
Health & Medicine

Vampire Clinic That Sold Young Blood to the Wealthy Closes Shop

By Dan Robitzski

When employers provide fitness trackers, they're privy to all sorts of private medical information that they can potentially use to determine layoffs.
Health & Medicine

Bosses Are Spying on Employees With Work-Provided Fitness Trackers

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA released a statement today warning that longevity companies advertising transfusions of young people's blood are likely scams.
Health & Medicine

The FDA Warns: Transfusions of Young Blood Are a Dangerous Scam

By Dan Robitzski

A new study on the cognitive effects of microdosing finds that it can alleviate depression and stress but doesn't have the profound effects people expect.
Health & Medicine

First Rigorous Study: Microdosing Fights Depression, Improves Focus

By Dan Robitzski

Self-Propelling Pills Could Mean The End of Needle Vaccines
Biology

Self-Propelling Pills Could Mean The End of Needle Vaccines

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, a rigorous scientific study shows that e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking better than the patch, but the data gets complicated.
Health & Medicine

New Evidence: E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit

By Dan Robitzski

A new investigation reveals that out of 48 healthcare startups that raised $1 billion, over half have barely published any research to support their claims.
Health & Medicine

Health Startups’ Dark Secret: Most Don’t Publish Peer-Reviewed Research

By Dan Robitzski

Neutrogena announced a new line of personalized, 3D-printed facemasks at CES 2019. The masks are customized to your face and can treat each region of skin.
Health & Medicine

Neutrogena is Printing Custom Face Masks That Fit You Perfectly

By Dan Robitzski

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery
Cancer

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery

By Dan Robitzski

The first lab-grown placenta has remained stable for a year. Doctors hope it can better explain and help prevent first-trimester pregnancy complications.
Medical

The First Lab-Grown Placenta Unlocks Brand New Medical Research

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon continues to invest in healthcare and has begun selling software which analyzes patient medical records for hospitals and their physicians.
Medical

Amazon’s Next AI Bet: Digitizing Medical Records

By Jacob Banas

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invested big money in new sanitation technology, yielding developments that could save hundreds of thousands of lives.
Health & Medicine

Bill Gates Wants to Save Lives and Money With High-Tech Toilets

By Dan Robitzski

This Scientist Predicted He Would Live to 150. Now He’s Not So Sure.
Health & Medicine

This Scientist Predicted He Would Live to 150. Now He’s Not So Sure.

By Dan Robitzski

Decades Of Scientific Research Does, In Fact, Suggest Breastfeeding Is Best for Babies
Future Society

Decades Of Scientific Research Does, In Fact, Suggest Breastfeeding Is Best for Babies

By Dan Robitzski

Faulty Studies Mean Everything You Know About Nutrition Is Wrong
Studies

Faulty Studies Mean Everything You Know About Nutrition Is Wrong

By Dan Robitzski