Category: 4. Health

Summary: In a groundbreaking study using Merino sheep, researchers uncovered that tiny genetic variations within gut microbes can influence brain-related behavior. By sequencing over 5,000 microbial genomes—including 3,500 never before…

Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure — a condition called hypertension.

Hypertension is the leading risk factor for heart disease and stroke. But it gets worse: Hypertension also increases the risk of dementia and cognitive…

Every fall, open enrollment arrives with its usual fanfare of choice: dozens of plans, glossy brochures, and promises of access. But scratch the surface and you’ll see that most “options” are just variations of the same puzzle. Insurers continue to toggle the same three levers — premiums, deductibles, and networks — and present them as innovation.

The…

Open enrollment arrives every fall with its usual fanfare of choice: dozens of plans, glossy brochures and promises of…

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, a startup using AI to track pathogens, a quantum cooling breakthrough and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here.

Three researchers who paved the way for today’s quantum computers won the Nobel Prize in Physics this week….