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What Was the First Animal to Evolve a Brain?
Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD
| Sep 1, 2023
| 1 min read
In the absence of a precise definition of brain, pinning down its origins is difficult. But scientists have a theory.
Opinion: The Biological Function of Dreams
Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra
| Dec 1, 2020
| 3 min read
The scenarios that run through our sleeping brains may help us explore possible solutions to concerns from our waking lives.
Brain Evolution at a Distance
Hannah Waters
| Dec 6, 2011
| 3 min read
Gene expression controlled from afar may have spurred the spurt in brain evolution that led to modern humans.
Book Excerpt from
When Brains Dream
Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra
| Dec 1, 2020
| 8 min read
Ferreting out the biological function of dreaming is a frontier in neuroscience.
Using Brain Organoids in Human Health and Disease Research
The Scientist
| Jan 17, 2024
| 1 min read
Learn how scientists across life science and engineering disciplines join forces to build brain organoids that mimic neurodevelopment.
The Noncoding Regulators of the Brain
Christie Wilcox, PhD
| Sep 12, 2022
| 10+ min read
Noncoding RNAs are proving to be critical players in the evolution of brain anatomy and cognitive complexity.
Can Viruses in the Genome Cause Disease?
Katarina Zimmer
| Jan 1, 2019
| 10+ min read
Clinical trials that target human endogenous retroviruses to treat multiple sclerosis, ALS, and other ailments are underway, but many questions remain about how these sequences may disrupt our biology.
One Protein to Rule Them All
Shelby Bradford, PhD
| Feb 28, 2024
| 10+ min read
p53 is possibly the most important protein for maintaining cellular function. Losing it is synonymous with cancer.
What Lies Sleeping
Philippe Mourrain
| Mar 1, 2016
| 4 min read
Why can science still not define this most basic biological process?
Book Excerpt from
Feeling & Knowing
Antonio Damasio
| Nov 1, 2021
| 4 min read
In Chapter 1, “On Being,” author Antonio Damasio outlines the dawn of consciousness.
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