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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Join five scientists as they explain the research behind new psychedelic treatments for mental illnesses
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We've gathered a team of geneticists, biologists, and environmental scientists to bring you the most up-to-date report on the science, history, and safety of genetically-modified organisms.
Building a Massive scicomm effort
We’re talking to other scicomm leaders to understand how we can improve our efforts
It's time to focus on the connection between biology and consciousness
Neuroscientists must be willing to develop imperfect descriptions of how we work
5 facts about Frances Hamerstrom, wildlife biologist, hunter, and savior of the prairie chicken
As a kid, she dissected blue jays and built a garden whose path was lined with poison ivy
People ask about my experiments on mice. The answers are … complicated
Behind most breakthroughs is animal research. Let's stop pretending otherwise
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5 facts about Marjorie Lee Browne, African American math prodigy and pioneer
Breaking through barriers of race and gender, she pursued the beauty of pure math
5 facts about Jean Bartik, expert programmer of the world's first computer
"The ENIAC was a son of a b**** to program"
Five facts about Mary Putnam Jacobi, medical pioneer and suffragette
She was a true renaissance woman
Why designer mental health drugs are still elusive
The fruitless, decade-long search for DREADDs has a silver lining
Want to learn how brains go awry? First, we must learn how they work
We set out to make neurons deep in the brain glow bright so we could see their role in vision
Life on the savannah is a duel between agility and strength
Survival of the fittest evolves in the genes
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Simulating evolution helped scientists design a better virus
It sounds like an arcane superpower. It boils down to random mutation and selection
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Scientists found an entire herpes virus genome hiding out in fish DNA
Researchers have made a bizarre discovery involving transposons, parasitic DNA found in fish (and humans)
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