Tag: Brain
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...
Synthetic odors created by activating brain cells help neuroscientists understand how...
Edmund Chong, New York University
When you experience something with your senses, it evokes complex patterns of activity in your brain. One important goal in...
Your big brain makes you human – count your neurons when...
Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Vanderbilt University
Here’s something new to consider being thankful for at the dinner table: the long evolutionary journey that gave you your big...
Brain-machine interfaces are getting better and better – and Neuralink’s new...
Robert Gaunt, University of Pittsburgh and Jennifer Collinger, University of Pittsburgh
Elon Musk grabbed a lot of attention with his July 16 announcement that his...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
