Tag: Brain
Your brain thinks – but how?
Tyler Daniel Anderson-Sieg, University of South Carolina
Curious Kids is a series for children of...
Air pollution may contribute to Alzheimer’s and dementia risk – here’s...
Jiu-Chiuan Chen, University of Southern California
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. It slowly destroys memory, thinking and behaviors, and eventually the...
Laughing is good for your mind and your body – here’s...
Janet M. Gibson, Grinnell College
Amusement and pleasant surprises – and the laughter they can trigger – add texture to the fabric of daily life.
Those...
Your dog’s nose knows no bounds – and neither does its...
Ellen Furlong, Illinois Wesleyan University
I have discovered one positive amid the pandemic: I love working with two dogs at my feet.
As someone who studies...
The neural cruelty of captivity: Keeping large mammals in zoos and...
Bob Jacobs, Colorado College
Hanako, a female Asian elephant, lived in a tiny concrete enclosure at Japan’s Inokashira Park Zoo for more than 60 years,...
Why sign language is vital for all deaf babies, regardless of...
Kimberly A. Wolbers, University of Tennessee and Leala Holcomb, University of Tennessee
When their newborn failed a hearing test, Quinn and Kai were distraught. Their...
Brain scientists haven’t been able to find major differences between women’s...
Ari Berkowitz, University of Oklahoma
People have searched for sex differences in human brains since at least the 19th century, when scientist Samuel George Morton...
Does coronavirus linger in the body? What we know about how...
William Petri, University of Virginia
As millions of people are recovering from COVID-19, an unanswered question is the extent to which the virus can “hide...
EXPLORING NATURE
When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...
Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan
You’ve just finished a strenuous hike to the top of a mountain. You’re exhausted...
