A legendary rock and roll drummer teams up with a neuroscientist to explore the role of rhythm in brain function.
A legendary rock and roll drummer teams up with a neuroscientist to explore the role of rhythm in brain function.
Inflammatory signals in injured zebrafish brains promote the growth of new neurons.
NIH Director Francis Collins touts the project to map neural connections in the human brain as recording the mind’s “symphony.”
Should biological explanations for criminal behavior influence a judge’s or jury’s decision about how to handle a case? If so, how?
Recording brain activity as patients are anesthetized for surgery, researchers identify a pattern that may signal loss of consciousness.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
| November 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2012 issue of The Scientist.
On the bicentennial of his birth, Edward Lear is celebrated for his whimsical poetry and his stunningly accurate scientific illustrations.
Large RNA-protein packets use a novel mechanism to escape the cell nucleus.