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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!

Clean Energy

Battery density breakthrough could be enough to power electric planes

CATL, the largest manufacturer of EV batteries in the world, has announced a new super powerful one — but details are light.

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Inexperienced workers get the biggest boost from AI, Stanford/MIT study finds

MIT and Stanford researchers have completed the first real-world assessment of chatbot AI in the workplace

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Google chatbot “Bard” can now code in 20 languages

Google has rolled out a suite of coding capabilities for Bard AI in 20 different programming languages.

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Public Health

Two African countries first to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine, with 20 million doses on the way

Ghana and Nigeria have become the first two nations to approve Oxford’s vaccine against malaria.

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Transportation

Cruise driverless cars can now operate 24/7 across San Francisco

GM-backed Cruise has announced that it can now operate its driverless car service 24/7 in San Francisco.

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Public Health

A mosquito factory will create billions of biters in Brazil

The World Mosquito Project’s plan is to introduce bacteria-carrying mosquitoes to stop the spread of dengue.

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Aerospace

The paper plane world record has been shattered

Boeing engineers who grew up folding paper planes at family days have broken the distance flight record.

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Outer Space

What do 85,000 volcanoes look like? Check out a comprehensive map of Venus and see.

Using decades-old data, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created a comprehensive Venus volcano map.

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Medicine

Stanford researchers have engineered an organism to fight cancer

A team of Stanford and MIT researchers have engineered bacteria to create a topical tumor treatment and preventative effective in mice.

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Drugs

LSD effective as major depression therapy in phase 2 trial

MindMed and University Hospital Basel have announced top line results for their phase 2 trial.

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