Articles by

Emily Mullin

After Hurricane Milton, Get Ready for Mold

After Milton made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in western Florida last week, some residents who...

Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air

As Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida’s west coast the evening of October 9, a deluge of...

Florida Hospitals and Nursing Homes Are Bracing for Hurricane Milton

Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene tore through the American Southeast, hospitals and health care providers...

The US Is Loading Up on Bird Flu Vaccine

Amid a US outbreak of avian influenza in poultry flocks and dairy cattle, the federal government on...

23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?

23andMe is in trouble. Once a hot Silicon Valley startup, the genetic testing company has been in...

An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person

In 2004, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester in England achieved a breakthrough...

I Tried These Brain-Tracking Headphones That Claim to Improve Focus

Activity trackers have come a long way. No longer mere step-counters, they can monitor your heart rate,...

This Brain Implant Lets People Control Amazon Alexa With Their Minds

Mark, a 64-year-old with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, uses Amazon Alexa all the time using his...