Science and Technology
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FDA approves gene therapy for a type of inherited deafness
“The FDA has approved a gene therapy for a form of congenital deafness caused by a faulty OTOF gene. The…
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Desalination helps farmers, prevents water shortage
“Desalination in California is helping reduce pressure on the Colorado River. By adding new supply, notably from the Carlsbad Desalination Plant…
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Eight thousand lives are saved annually by improved organ harvesting methods
“Organ donations have surged in the United States, partly thanks to improved harvesting methods. Until recently, most organs came from…
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Geothermal power expands and gets deeper
“Quaise Energy, a geothermal power company, has announced it is building a prototype “superhot” geothermal power plant in Oregon. Their…
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Drug for metastatic pancreatic cancer doubles survival time
“A new drug for metastatic pancreatic cancer nearly doubled survival time in a phase 3 trial, with patients living for…
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New banana resistant to browning is approved in two countries
“A new variety of banana genetically modified to be slow-ripening and browning-resistant has been approved in Japan and Brazil, and…
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Robotaxi use doubled in California in 2025
“Total robotaxi travel distance doubled in California last year, from 3.8 million kilometers per month at the end of 2024…
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Vaccine boosts the fight against hookworm, which makes millions of people lethargic
“An experimental hookworm vaccine sharply reduced infection intensity in a Phase 2 trial, with vaccinated participants showing a median of…
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Gene therapy cured deafness
“In a small trial in China, a single-injection gene therapy improved hearing in all ten congenitally deaf participants. One even…
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Koalas’ genetic diversity is recovering
“Koalas in the Australian state of Victoria have long since bounced back from their near-extinction in the early 1900s, but…
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Businessman creates cancer therapy for dog using ChatGPT, he says
“An Australian tech entrepreneur claims he used AlphaFold and ChatGPT to design a customized mRNA cancer therapy for his dog.…
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‘The Myth of the Autism Epidemic’
The percentage of children classified as autistic has risen a lot in recent years. But is autism actually rising? Or…
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Antimatter is being transported by truck
“Scientists at CERN have transported antimatter by truck for the first time in history. The goal is to eventually distribute…
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A single pill can now cure the deadly disease of sleeping sickness
“A pill for sleeping sickness that can cure the disease with a single dose has been approved by EU regulators…
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Anti-obesity drugs will get much cheaper in many countries
“Patents on semaglutide will soon expire in many countries, including India, China, Brazil, Turkey, Canada, and South Africa, permitting cheaper…
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Travelers diarrhea vaccine invented
“The first large clinical trial of a vaccine against enterotoxigenic E. coli—a leading cause of travelers’ diarrhea and severe childhood diarrhea—has…
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Stem cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease and heart failure approved in Japan
“Japanese regulators have conditionally approved two induced pluripotent stem cell therapies, one for Parkinson’s disease and another for heart failure,…
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Cancer researcher home-brewed a beer that works as a vaccine
“Christopher Buck is fermenting a vaccine in his kitchen. You can too,” reports Reason Magazine. “And he’s publishing the process so…
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Sodium-cooled nuclear reactor approved for construction in Wyoming
“The nuclear power company TerraPower has received a permit from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build a sodium-cooled reactor…
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Scientists produce a tomato that smells like buttered popcorn
“Scientists in China have used gene editing technology to create a new tomato variety that smells like buttered popcorn,” reports…
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First child born using womb transplant from dead donor in England
Great Britain “has welcomed its first baby born via a transplanted womb” from a deceased donor, reports The Doomslayer. The Guardian explains: A baby…
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Stem cells fix spina bifida brain abnormality
“Surgeons in California have treated six children with spina bifida by applying stem cells to their spinal cords while they were…
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Oil production massively expanded, even when oil prices fell
Oil prices are rising again due to the war with Iran. But even when oil prices fell after 2022, oil…
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FDA keeps blocking life-saving drugs for rare diseases, due to obstructionist officials like Vinay Prasad
The FDA is blocking the approval of some drugs for lethal, rare diseases, because the FDA has put “the persnickety…
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Mumps cases rise in Maryland as vaccination rates fall; federal and state officials urge vaccination
“State health officials in Maryland are warning medical providers to be on the lookout for another viral infection this season…
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Neuralink implants brain chip in 21 people
“Neuralink has now implanted its brain chip in 21 people with paralysis, allowing them to use digital tools like computers and…
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Artificial intelligence improves cancer detection, reduces workload of radiologists
“Researchers have published the full results of the largest randomized trial of AI cancer screening to date, comparing mammograms read…
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Most floating plastic could be removed from the oceans by 2040, non-profit says
“Boyan Slat claims that his non-profit The Ocean Cleanup removed over 27,000 tons of plastic from the world’s waterways in 2025, which he estimates is 2…
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Japan is doing deep-sea mud mining in a test
“Japan has begun the world’s first deep-sea mud mining test in an attempt to reduce its dependence on Chinese rare earth…
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Cancer survival rates rise to record levels
“According to the annual report from the American Cancer Society, the five-year survival rate for US cancer patients has crossed…
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Scientific advance may improve human fertility
“Researchers at Ovo Labs, a fertility biotech startup, say they’ve found a way to reduce chromosome errors in human eggs, a major…
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A billion fewer people risk a nasty eye infection
“According to the World Health Organization, the number of people at risk of contracting trachoma, a bacterial eye infection, fell to…
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Vaccine developed for deadly bat-borne disease
“A vaccine for Nipah virus, a highly deadly bat-borne disease with no existing treatments, has entered phase 2 clinical trials…
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A cure for whipworm infections, which afflict 300 million people
“A new cure for whipworm infections, moxidectin-albendazole. In a phase 3 trial of around 270 children in Tanzania, a single…
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Things we take for granted: We are so fortunate
“If you fell unconscious in 1950, no one around you would know how to perform CPR: it wouldn’t be invented…
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New treatment for hemophilia cuts bleeding by a lot
“A new long-acting treatment (‘Qfitlia’ or fitusiran) for hemophilia was approved. Patients tend to rely on regular infusions of clotting…
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