How I used my research skills to help diagnose myself
It's hard to leave the science at the lab bench
Microbiology and Immunology
University of Louisville
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'Visualizing Disease' is an illuminating history of how we started to see medicine
Though beautifully printed, the book will most appeal to modern practitioners
Computational Neuroscience
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Exploring how brains grow could help explain autism
In new research, autistic children had larger-than-average amygdalae – and adults had smaller ones
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Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence
Jena University Hospital
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A neuroscientist reviews Michael Pollan's 'How to Change Your Mind'
The book shines new light on the revitalized field of psychedelic medicine
Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
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Could a virus with a sweet tooth become a weapon against cancer?
Researchers harnessed a virus' natural behavior to attack tumors
Chemical Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
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Meet Mary Golda Ross, one of the first Native Americans in engineering
Much of her Cold War work on missiles is still classified today
Ecology
Wake Forest University
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Coal ash contains lead, arsenic, and mercury – and it's mostly unregulated
Can science find solutions where policy lags before the damage deepens?
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Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Billionaires are rushing into biotech. Inequality is following them into science
'Free-market philanthropy' raises yet more questions about the future of American public research
Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 peer comments -
Tracking the history – and future – of the world's largest penguin breeding colony
Climate change is upending migration patterns that predate Cleopatra
Environmental Physiology
McMaster University
1 peer comment -
How to peacefully coexist with potentially dangerous species
Biodiversity keeps rabid vampire bats feeding on their natural prey – not on us
Neuroscience
University of Washington
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Neuroscientist Kale Edmiston on why biological bases of being trans shouldn't matter
'We should haven’t to prove that we’re really a certain gender in order to be treated like a person'
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Neuroscience
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Science is certain, but the future isn't
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Tree-murdering fungi and insects increasingly contribute to climate change
New research suggests carbon dioxide released from dying forests equals emissions from 11 million cars
Ecology and Biogeochemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University
1 peer comment -
How atmospheric dust might help cool the planet
New research suggests an old idea of geoengineering has more merit than long suspected
Oceanography
University of Washington
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'Being Ecological' is a book with admirable aims and a tangled execution
Prioritizing data over action can be counterproductive – but so is a muddled message
Ecology
Wake Forest University
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How farmers on the Great Plains are changing the local climate
New crop practices trap more carbon in the soil, increasing rainfall and adding profits
Ecology and Biogeochemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University
1 peer comment -
Why don't Americans care about chemicals?
We need chemicals for daily life, but seem to feel 'apocalypse fatigue' around their dangers
Marine Science
University of Rhode Island
2 peer comments -
Climate change harms everyone's health. Yes, even yours
No one evades global increases in extreme weather, disease, and injury
Emergency Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University
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What Pokémon GO can teach conservationists about public engagement
In six days, players collected as much data as naturalists had in 400 years
Ecology
Wake Forest University
The risks and rewards of genetic engineering, animated
Pioneering biologist David Baltimore on the ethical quandary of engineering 'cures'
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Objectivity may be science's holy grail, but the experiences of its practitioners have a large effect. Here are first-person essays from the front lines of STEM research
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How I used my research skills to help diagnose myself
It's hard to leave the science at the lab bench
Microbiology and Immunology
University of Louisville
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As a scientist, sometimes I understand too much about my brother's cystic fibrosis
My knowledge of his disease can be helpful, but also supremely frustrating
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Neurobiology
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Why I'm quitting GMO research
Constantly confronting people who think my research will harm them is profoundly distressing
Synthetic Biology
ETH Zurich
3 peer comments -
My life in butterflies: how a childhood hobby shaped my career
Citizen scientists make tangible contributions to data collection
Ecology
Wake Forest University
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I’m a Russian scientist. Why can’t Americans see past my citizenship?
In my adopted home, I've found distrust divorced from the reality of my work
Molecular Pharmacology
University of Pittsburgh
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The beautiful merger of art and science that inspired generations of neuroscientists
"Perhaps only an artist's eye could have seen so much in a slice of brain"
Computational Neuroscience
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How I realized that LGBT+ scientists like me can inspire others in their field
Far too many LGBT+ scientists still report fear in their workplaces, but I have hope for change
Molecular Biology
National Louis University
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How theater, startup culture, and business history helped us become better neuroscientists
The sciences would benefit enormously from applying lessons from art and business
Neuroscience
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
Comparative Neuroscience
Champalimaud Foundation
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I had to learn assembly language to truly understand my grandfather
He didn't process the world like the rest of us
Computational Neuroscience
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The time I solved a tricky lab problem with Google and Vaseline
Yup, scientists use search engines, too
Biochemistry
University of Bristol
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Deep-sea creatures are weirder than we ever suspected
Rare anglerfish footage shows glowing fins and parasitic mating
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Marine Biology
University of Rhode Island
