Category: 9. Sci/Tech

Listening to music is a regular part of many people’s day, but what music you find yourself gravitating towards may have more to do with your age than you think. A new study, presented at the Association for Computing Machinery conference,…

Cat owners know the quirks of feline housemates all too well. Committing to a cat means watching firsthand some behaviors that at first glance seem repulsive or just plain odd. For example, stumbling upon regurgitated furballs or catching our…

As we age, we’ll all experience a decline in our vision and will likely need reading glasses. Instead of reaching for those glasses though, imagine taking 2 to 3 eyedrops a day to see something up close.

New research that experts will present at…

Mummifying the dead is a funerary rite that has been practiced for thousands of years in many locations across the world.

A new discovery reveals that we may have been underestimating exactly how widespread the practice has been. Bones that…

Talk about fast foods. A new study suggests that a few days of consuming high-fat foods, like cheeseburgers and fries, could mess with your memory.

Reported in Neuron, the results lay the foundations for new interventions, treatments, and…

May I have your attention, please? I’ll try and be quick, as I probably only have about 47 seconds before your mind starts wandering. That, according to psychologist Dr Gloria Mark, from the University of California, Irvine, is now our average…

The world of pregnancy is going to radically change, predicts Noor Siddiqui. “I think that the default way people are going to choose to have kids is via IVF and embryo screening,” she said at the WIRED Health summit last week. “There’s…

It’s 2pm, my eyelids are drooping and my thoughts are sluggish. I feel like I need to summon all my willpower to simply remain awake, let alone get my mind into gear for an afternoon’s work.

Part of me tempted to enjoy a little siesta, but how…

At the WIRED Health summit in Boston on September 9, we hosted some of the leading experts in CRISPR, whole-genome sequencing, vaccines, and more for a series of eye-opening conversations and keynotes. If you weren’t able to join us in person,…

At the WIRED Health summit last week, Harvard biochemist and gene-editing pioneer David Liu says later this year his lab plans to report on a single gene-editing strategy that could treat many unrelated diseases. He calls it disease-agnostic…