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Cerebral Inception
Our brains have evolved to the point where we can build artificial brains that might help us understand our brains. Let that sink in.
Cerebral Inception
Cerebral Inception

Our brains have evolved to the point where we can build artificial brains that might help us understand our brains. Let that sink in.

Our brains have evolved to the point where we can build artificial brains that might help us understand our brains. Let that sink in.

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Can Artificial Intelligence Make Scientific Discoveries?
Kartik Hosanagar | May 1, 2019 | 3 min read
The author of a new book envisions a future when machines advance the research enterprise.
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Contributors
The Scientist | May 1, 2019 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the May 2019 issue of The Scientist.
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Ten-Minute Sabbatical
The Scientist | Apr 1, 2019 | 2 min read
Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.
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A Review of Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
Bob Grant | Apr 1, 2019 | 3 min read
This posthumously published collection of essays by Oliver Sacks further cements the neurologist’s place in the pantheon of science writers.
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Drugs, Developed
Bob Grant | Mar 1, 2019 | 3 min read
In an era of instant communication, we must be careful how word of new and untested treatments is shared.
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In Praise of Crazy Ideas
Safi Bahcall | Mar 1, 2019 | 3 min read
The author of a new book explains the dangers of orthodoxy in science and beyond.
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Ten-Minute Sabbatical
The Scientist | Mar 1, 2019 | 2 min read
Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.
Opinion: What You Believe about “Science Denial” May Be All Wrong
Kari Fischer | Feb 11, 2019 | 4 min read
A recent meeting about the disconnect between scientific and public beliefs points to ways researchers can improve how they communicate with skeptics.
Book Excerpt from The Environment
Paul Warde, Libby Robin, and Sverker Sörlin | Feb 1, 2019 | 4 min read
The authors of a new history of humanity's relationship with the environment detail how climate change fits into the equation.
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Ten-Minute Sabbatical
The Scientist | Feb 1, 2019 | 2 min read
Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.
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“The Environment” Is Only 70 Years Old
Paul Warde, Libby Robin, and Sverker Sörlin | Feb 1, 2019 | 3 min read
A new book traces the surprisingly short history of the environment as a shared conceptual construct.
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Genesis 2.0 Is a Beautifully Shot, Cautionary Tale About Biotechnology
Shawna Williams | Jan 2, 2019 | 2 min read
The documentary weaves together a hunt for mammoth tusks in the Arctic with scenes from the front lines of synthetic biology.
Ten-Minute Sabbatical
The Scientist Staff | Jan 1, 2019 | 2 min read
Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.
The “Science” of Hangovers
Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall | Jan 1, 2019 | 3 min read
As advanced as humans are, we still don’t have a handle on how to tame our response to a night of drinking.
Genome Editing on Board
Bob Grant | Jan 1, 2019 | 3 min read
2018 closed with hubbub surrounding the purported birth of babies whose genomes had been edited using CRISPR. What will 2019 hold for CRISPR’s use in humans?
The Search for a Hangover Cure
The Scientist | Dec 31, 2018 | 1 min read
Meet the author of a new book that explores the past, present, and future of research into how to salve the alcohol-addled brain and body.
Gas Cylinder Explosion Kills Researcher at Indian Laboratory
Ashley P. Taylor | Dec 7, 2018 | 2 min read
Two professors have been arrested for negligence in connection with the blast.
University College London Geneticist Cleared of Wrongdoing
Jef Akst | Dec 5, 2018 | 1 min read
A second investigation by the school concludes that David Latchman, also the head of Birkbeck, University of London, was not involved in the image manipulation found in papers he coauthored.
Book Excerpt from Gene Machine
Venki Ramakrishnan | Dec 5, 2018 | 5 min read
In Chapter 13, “The Final Assault,” author Venki Ramakrishnan relays the moment when he and collaborators finally solved the structure of a ribosomal subunit.
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