Tag: Cognition
Can coffee or a nap make up for sleep deprivation? A...
Kimberly Fenn, Michigan State University
There is no denying the importance of sleep. Everyone feels better after a good...
Breathing wildfire smoke can affect the brain and sperm, as well...
Luke Montrose, Boise State University and Adam Schuller, Boise State University
Wildfires burning in the western U.S. are sending...
Astrocyte cells in the fruit fly brain are an on-off switch...
Sarah DeGenova Ackerman, University of Oregon
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that...
Adrian Bardon, Wake Forest University
Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country’s...
How to have productive disagreements about politics and religion
Larisa Heiphetz, Columbia University
In the current polarized climate, it’s easy to find yourself in the midst of a political disagreement that morphs into a...
Scientists join forces to save Puerto Rico’s ‘Monkey Island’
Alexandra Rosati, University of Michigan
“00O made it!” There was some news to celebrate on Sept. 28 in the email chain of scientists who work...
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...
