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Author: Robbie Gonzalez

Posted on September 13, 2018September 13, 2018

The New ECG Apple Watch Could Do More Harm Than Good

For folks with atrial fibrillation, Apple’s new wearable could actually be useful. For everyone else, evidence suggests otherwise.
Posted on September 12, 2018September 12, 2018

How Our Biological Clock Could Dictate Medical Treatments

Two new studies bring us closer to finding the optimal time, according to our internal clocks, to pop a pill—or maybe even schedule surgery.
Posted on September 11, 2018September 11, 2018

The Psychology of Flipd, the Digital Detox App

Flipd is designed to build awareness of all the ways you subconsciously waste time on your phone.
Posted on August 24, 2018August 24, 2018

The Gear That Could Solve the Next Big Wildfire Whodunit

Wildfire investigators retrace a fire's path, sifting through the ashes—sometimes literally—in search of its cause. Here's how.
Posted on August 6, 2018August 6, 2018

Who’s Responsible for Your Bad Tech Habits? It’s Complicated

As the conversation around tech is increasingly framed in terms of its impact on public health, the question of responsibility for our lopsided relationship with digital devices becomes more fraught.
Posted on August 1, 2018August 1, 2018

Bioengineers Are Closer Than Ever To Lab-Grown Lungs

The first research team to bioengineer human lungs in a lab have now performed multiple successful transplants in pigs.
Posted on July 27, 2018July 27, 2018

Congress Has a $95 Million Proposal to Study Tech’s Effect on Kids

“Congress has a vital role to play on matters of public health, but we must act based on sound evidence."
Posted on July 25, 2018July 26, 2018

Scientists Discover Evidence of the First Large Body of Liquid Water on Mars

"Going from zero bodies of water to one is a big change, for sure, but the full extent of this discovery depends on what we find next."
Posted on July 18, 2018July 18, 2018

How a Flock of Drones Developed Collective Intelligence

Just like groups of birds or insects, these drones organize themselves into cohesive groups—a so-called "emergent" property of their individual actions.
Posted on July 17, 2018July 17, 2018

Astronomers Discovered 12 New Moons Around Jupiter. Here’s How

Eleven of them behave a lot like Jupiter's other moons, but the twelfth one is weird (in a good way).

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