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B. David Zarley

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B. David Zarley is a senior staff writer for Freethink, where he covers health and medicine, including infectious disease, psychedelic research, mental health, and the brain. A graduate of SUNY Fredonia, his work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Verge, Jezebel, Frieze, Sports Illustrated, VICE, Paste Magazine, and numerous other publications. He lives in Chicago and can be reached via Signal by request. Send him story ideas!

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Sony announces new adaptive PlayStation controller

Sony has announced a new, “out of the box” adaptive PlayStation controller, dubbed Project Leonardo.

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Engineering

Elevator technology is going up

A new generation of elevator technology may soon change the way you ride.

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Big Tech

Apple Music is using AI to make karaoke tracks

Apple Music Sing uses AI to turn popular songs into sing-alongs.

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Virology

New mRNA universal flu vaccine against all known subtypes takes promising first steps

A new universal flu vaccine candidate that uses mRNA to target all known flu subtypes looks promising in animal models.

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Climate Crisis

The mail is finally going electric (its trucks, anyway)

After withering criticism from the EPA, Biden officials, and 16 states, the USPS has announced it will order more electric delivery vehicles.

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Asteroids

A far-out plan to build an asteroid city

University of Rochester researchers think they have a solution to creating an asteroid city: a giant bag.

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Medicine

New antibody therapy works for 73% of multiple myeloma patients

A new multiple myeloma therapy that uses an antibody to bring T cells to the cancer has shown efficacy in clinical trials.

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Medicine

Engineered bacteria may one day prevent kidney stones

In a small proof-of-concept study, an engineered E. coli was able to reduce levels of a kidney stone-causing chemical.

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Food

Harvard and Kraft Heinz are trying to make sugar healthier

Instead of replacing sugar, Wyss scientists had an idea: what if they change sugar to make it healthier?

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Brain

Researchers have developed a way to “decode” depression

Baylor College of Medicine researchers have developed an electrode-based “mood decoder” capable of mapping brain activity to mood.

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