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Kristin Houser
Kristin Houser is the Managing Editor of Big Think. Her articles on science and technology have been featured in NBC News, RealClearDefense, and the World Economic Forum’s Agenda, among other publications, and Stephen Colbert once talked about a piece on “The Late Show,” to her delight.
Kristin is currently based in Pittsburgh, and prior to joining Big Think, she was a staff writer for Futurism, launched an LA-based music blog, and wrote several animated and live action web series.
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A study of spinal development took a strange turn and made a surprise discovery.
Astranis is on a mission to help everyone in the world get online.
Vaccines targeting some of our deadliest cancers are showing promise in early trials.
It’s 50% stronger than comparable materials used in aerospace.
"Stargate" could be used to train the world’s most powerful AIs.
We may be on the brink of finally seeing human-level intelligence in an AI — thanks to robots.
More than 90% of ticks that bit treated volunteers were dead within 24 hours.
If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.
CRISPR study helps answer a question that has long puzzled scientists.
Tech designed to fuse atoms might be able to clean up space, too.
Former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman just invested $100 million into the company.
NASA gave three robots plans for a moon shelter, and the robots figured out how to build it.
Meta and NYU’s robot can navigate and clean rooms it’s never seen before.
They call it “Judo T-cell therapy,” and it’s 100 times more potent than regular CAR-T cells.
We don’t yet know if these strange “obelisks” are helpful or harmful.
The study suggests that human ancestors expanded across Europe faster than previously thought.
The futuristic weapon could be ready for the battlefield in 5 years.
The new electrically conductive substrate could be the future of hydroponic farming.
One dose of ibogaine was shown to dramatically reduce depression and PTSD.
The record-breaking transmission could revolutionize deep space communication.