Kristin Houser
Kristin Houser is a staff writer at Freethink, where she covers science and tech. Her written work has appeared in Business Insider, NBC News, 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.
Prior to joining Freethink, Kristin was a staff writer for Futurism and wrote several animated and live action web series.
See a futuristic flying car’s first untethered flight
This flying car — more properly called an "electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle" — will seat five and fly up to 135 mph.
Habitat for Humanity builds 3D-printed house in 28 hours
Made from concrete, it cost 15% less per square foot to construct than a typical house.
SpaceX’s Starship is ready for its first trip into space
The massive craft could carry 100 humans to Mars and revolutionize space exploration.
Isolation experiment: What’s it like to live in a cave for 40 days without a clock?
This article was originally published on our sister site, Freethink. Fifteen volunteers in France just spent more than a month living in a cave — without any way to tell time — […]
The most anticipated space missions of 2022
Space missions in 2022 will include massive rockets and asteroid collisions. This is also the year space tourism starts to hit its stride.
Einstein, Edison, and Dali’s “creative nap” trick seems to actually work
Historical geniuses used the "creative nap" to give their minds a boost. Apparently, the "hypnagogic state" can help with problem solving.
Water on Mars found hidden in massive canyon
Water on Mars is key for human survival on the Red Planet, not just for drinking but for growing food and making fuel and oxygen.
SpinLaunch: Company hurls satellites into space using giant, spinning machine
SpinLaunch's launcher, which is larger than the Statue of Liberty and works like the Olympic hammer-throw event, just came online in the New Mexico desert.
AI + Biology: DeepMind releases massive protein structure database
“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”
Japan breaks world record for fastest internet speed
It’s about 7.6 million times faster than what you probably have at home.
Science fiction doesn’t predict the future. It inspires it.
William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
UK building road with “wonder material” graphene
The trial will test whether adding graphene to recycled asphalt can prolong the road’s lifespan.
Autonomous underwater vehicles locate U.S. Airman who was missing in action
His family has finally gotten closure after 50 years of uncertainty.
NASA updates the odds of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth
Asteroid Bennu is still far more likely to fly right by us than to make impact.
Kidney donation vouchers shave years off wait times
Donate a kidney now, and your loved one will have priority status if they need one later.
What are dormant volcanoes good for? Copper mining
Instead of digging for metals, we could extract them from salty, subterranean water.
Sophia the Robot will be mass-produced this year
The famous social robot is about to start rolling off the assembly line.
AI avatars bring deepfakes to the business world
Deepfakes featuring your digital double could replace emails and zoom presentations.
AI discovers new craters on Mars in just five seconds
It could analyze a photo of the Martian surface in just five seconds. NASA scientists need 40 minutes.
Clues in woolly mammoth tusk reveal a lifetime of travels
It walked enough miles to nearly circle the Earth twice.
Black holes caught eating neutron stars for first time
The stars stood no chance against the more-massive black holes.
Helmet worn at home shrank man’s brain tumor by a third
The new brain tumor treatment targets a cancer that kills 75% of patients within a year.
CRISPR therapy cures first genetic disorder inside the body
It marks a breakthrough in using gene editing to treat diseases.
Can AI cameras predict suicide attempts at bridges?
South Korea is piloting a CCTV system it hopes will save lives.
New kind of nuclear reactor to be built at retiring coal plant
The fully functional plant will serve to demo TerraPower's nuclear tech.
Volcanoes to power bitcoin mining in El Salvador
The first nation to make bitcoin legal tender will use geothermal energy to mine it.
Astronomers find more than 100,000 “stellar nurseries”
Every star we can see, including our sun, was born in one of these violent clouds.