“The new technique allows for even more sophisticated tracking to 3D print sensors on organs like the lungs or heart that change shape or distort due to expanding and contracting.” | learn more
A short and intriguing research paper. “Thousands of DNA variants have been identified that – aggregated into genome-wide polygenic scores (GPS) – account for more than 10% of the variance in phenotypic intelligence. The intelligence GPS is now one of […]
“[W]hen mice are put on an intermittent fasting diet, they seem to retain information for much longer than their non-fasting peers. The latest evidence of this is detailed in a new study published Tuesday in Nature Communications, in which researchers found […]
“It’s natural to think of scientists as truth seekers, people driven by an intense curiosity to understand the natural world. Yet this picture of scientists and scientific inquiry sits uncomfortably with the reality and prevalence of scientific fraud. If one […]
This 2017 interview with UC Berkeley researchers Mike and Irina Conboy clears up some of the popular misconceptions around young blood and aging. You may have heard of their study that stitched together and old and young rat to learn […]
Not like the cartoon diagrams we normally associate them with. | learn more
“Flavobacteria turn out to have a penchant for structural coloration: they can assemble into 2D photonic crystals, which are periodic assemblages that reflect light only at certain angles.” | learn more
“It is likely that Kahneman’s book [Thinking Fast and Slow], or at least some of his chapters, would be very different from the actual book, if it had been written just a few years later. However, in 2011 most psychologists […]
“Neuroscientist and Stanford University Associate Professor Dr. Andrew Huberman educated us on how we can maintain neuroplasticity as we age.” | learn more
“Over the last four years, Neta Raab and Ido Bachelet have received hundreds of padded cardboard boxes containing frozen poop from wild animals on five different continents.” | learn more