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The Mother's Curse: how a French king’s legacy revealed a loophole in evolution

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New research with roots in colonial Canada suggests new wrinkles in ideas of evolution

Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

Rand Paul's bill to stop 'silly' science would stifle research, innovation, and the economy

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Gregory Logan-Graf, Carnegie Mellon University

When you smell the roses, do they smell you back?

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Brittney G. Borowiec, Wilfrid Laurier University

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5 facts about Marjorie Lee Browne, African American math prodigy and pioneer

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Ashley Juavinett, UC San Diego

CAR-T could revolutionize cancer treatment. It can also be fatal

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Kevin Pels, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

How I realized that LGBT+ scientists like me can inspire others in their field

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Andrew Scarpelli, National Louis University

Seeking: scientists who want to write impactful climate stories

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Massive Staff

How machine learning is helping neuroscientists understand the brain

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Daniel Bear, Stanford University

Can we reverse the effects of drugs on developing brains?

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Lauren Mackenzie Reynolds, McGill University

How theater, startup culture, and business history helped us become better neuroscientists

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The sciences would benefit enormously from applying lessons from art and business

Gonçalo Lopes, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre

Danbee Kim, Champalimaud Foundation

5 facts about Rosalind Franklin, DNA pioneer

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Alireza Edraki, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Biodiversity doesn't just arise out of healthy ecosystems. It helps create them

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Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

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My 'basic' fruit fly research could help save lives

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Gregory Logan-Graf, Carnegie Mellon University

International collaboration is the best way to understand the complexities of the brain

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Maya Emmons-Bell, UC Berkeley

We know how to fight wildfires effectively. Why don't we do it?

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Michael Graw, Oregon State University

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The psychedelic renaissance is here. Will it last this time?

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Benjamin Bell, Johns Hopkins University

5 facts about Jean Bartik, expert programmer of the world's first computer

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Ashley Juavinett, UC San Diego

How this beautiful, invasive jellyfish adapts to dominate foreign ecosystems

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Kelsey Lucas, University of Michigan

We know terrifyingly little about how our bodies respond to pollutants, but that's changing

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Fish DNA can change in response to pollution. What about the rest of us?

Anna Robuck, University of Rhode Island

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The science Nobel Prizes are sexist, racist, and misleading. Let's rethink them

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Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

Does modern neuroscience really help us understand behavior?

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Danbee Kim, Champalimaud Foundation

Gonçalo Lopes, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre

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We're beginning to understand why spinal cord tissue is so hard to heal

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Lauren Mackenzie Reynolds, McGill University

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Five facts about Mae Jemison, doctor, dancer, and the first woman of color in space

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Anastasia Gorelova, University of Pittsburgh

How does the developing brain learn to perceive the world before it can see it?

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Maya Emmons-Bell, UC Berkeley

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Can MDMA help people with autism overcome social anxiety?

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Benjamin Bell, Johns Hopkins University

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Here's what happened when researchers raised monkeys who never saw a face

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Daniel Bear, Stanford University

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How shaving mice led to an accidental discovery about our sense of touch

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Gregory Logan-Graf, Carnegie Mellon University

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Massive's New Brain Waves 👋

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Introducing our cohort of neuroscientist writers

Nadja Oertelt

Five facts about Mary Putnam Jacobi, medical pioneer and suffragette

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Ashley Juavinett, UC San Diego

Chewing gum could detect disease in saliva and deliver results via taste

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Kevin Pels, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Why studies that rely too much on drugs often fail to hold up

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Anastasia Gorelova, University of Pittsburgh

Here's what happens to hamster brains when they don't get enough play

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Brooke N Dulka, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Can the right microbes really solve all your health problems?

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Namrata Iyer, Brown University

Five facts about Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space

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Alan Yuhas

How stubborn data changed the way we think about money and health

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Reneé Wurth, Harvard University

Why designer mental health drugs are still elusive

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Ashley Juavinett, UC San Diego

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