The Health Risks Of Winter Storms

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the health risks of winter storms, a new Korean weight loss drug billionaire, a biotech using AI for rare diseases, and more.

Beyond Meat’s protein soda might be its last chance and best hope
Beyond Meat’s protein soda might be its last chance and best hope

Beyond Meat just launched a new product that’s even further from meat than ever before: a protein soda. Beyond Immerse is the company’s first product that makes no attempt to replicate meat whatsoever, marking a sharp shift in Beyond’s business model. It might seem like it comes out of left field, but it all clicks […]

Meet The Bird That Can Plan For The Future. Hint: It Uses Tools And Trades For Rewards

Scientists once thought that planning required a primate brain. Experiments with birds are now proving that assumption wrong.

1 Productivity Habit That’s Increasing Your Anxiety, By A Psychologist

Research reveals why the habit of chasing metrics might be making you anxious. Here’s what real productivity actually looks like, according to a psychologist.

Astronomers used AI to find 1,400 ‘anomalous objects’ from Hubble archives
Astronomers used AI to find 1,400 ‘anomalous objects’ from Hubble archives

A pair of astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) discovered more than 800 previously undocumented “astrophysical anomalies” hiding in Hubble’s archives. To do so, researchers David O’Ryan and Pablo Gómez trained an AI model to comb through Hubble’s 35-year dataset, hunting for strange objects and flagging them for manual review. It’s “a treasure trove […]

A North Atlantic Right Whale Baby Boom Is On—but the Species Remains at Risk

Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging sign for a species whose population is estimated to be below 400.

The winter storm tested power grids straining to accommodate AI data centers
The winter storm tested power grids straining to accommodate AI data centers

The colossal winter storm that swept across 34 states left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. Bitterly cold temperatures lingering after Winter Storm Fern are still testing power grids, already under stress from a rush of new AI data centers. Over the weekend, wholesale electricity prices soared in Virginia, the state with the most […]

A Star Could Suddenly Explode In 150 Days — Here’s Where To Look

T Coronae Borealis, a star system 3,000 light-years away, is expected to erupt as a nova in June 2026, briefly becoming visible to the naked eye.

2 Tips For When Emotional Availability Becomes Surveillance, By A Psychologist

If emotional availability has started to feel like surveillance, it doesn’t mean intimacy has failed.