Health
Are We Doctors or Data Workers?
I want to solve illnesses, not scroll through them—the dilemma of electronic health records.
Communication Breakdown in the Brain
Inside the research to get neurons back in a healthy conversation with one another.
Can Organoids Take Us into a New Era of Medicine?
Meet the human cell-based models that are better, faster, cheaper—and more ethical to use—than animals.
What Can Night-Shift Workers Do to Feel Better?
One question for Sarah Chellappa, a neuroscientist at the University of Cologne.
Targeting Cancer’s Achilles Heel
Biden’s Cancer Moonshot aims to cut annual deaths in half. Scientists have the goal in their sights.
Cancer’s Got a Lot of Nerve
Tumors recruit the nervous system to help them spread. Scientists are looking for ways to stop it.
Why Do the Omicron Variants Spread So Easily?
One question for Abdullah Syed, a postdoctoral researcher at the Gladstone Institutes.
You Eat a Credit Card’s Worth of Plastic Every Week
What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to our health?
Cancer Shouldn’t Pose a Threat to Our Lives. We Should Find It First
Identifying the “first cell” could revolutionize the way we treat cancer.
Can Cancer Be Treated by Changing Its Cells?
Tumors grow when cells lose their biological identity. A promising therapeutic might restore their sense of self.
Painkillers That Don’t Kill
Scientists are getting closer to designing safer, more targeted pain drugs to replace opioids.
This Is Some Good Shit
How the sewage plant in our nation’s capital spins human poop into fertilizer gold.