Articles by

Emily Mullin

A Study at the Center of the Abortion Pill Battle Was Just Retracted

Scientific publisher Sage Journals has retracted three papers on abortion—including a controversial 2021 study on mifepristone, the...

A Startup Has Unlocked a Way to Make Cheap Insulin

Around 8 million people in the United States rely on insulin to manage their diabetes, but steady...

Elon Musk Says a Human Patient Has Received Neuralink’s Brain Implant

Elon Musk said on the social media platform X on Monday that the first human patient has...

6 Deaf Children Can Now Hear After a Single Injection

Born deaf, the 1-year-old boy had never responded to sound or speech before. But after receiving an...

Scientists Will Test a Cancer-Hunting mRNA Treatment

As the first vaccines for Covid-19 rolled out at the end of 2020, messenger RNA catapulted into...

A Gene-Edited Pig Liver Was Attached to a Person—and Worked for 3 Days

Surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania announced today that they successfully attached a genetically altered pig liver...

They Had PTSD. A Psychedelic Called Ibogaine Helped Them Get Better

After multiple deployments with the US Army Special Forces, Joe Hudak returned home in 2011 changed by...

A Gel Injected Into the Scrotum Could Be the Next Male Contraceptive

Vasectomies are on the rise, but not all men are ready to commit to a permanent form...