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Woman holding a stinky cloth. Some studies hint that hyperosmia, or a heightened sensitivity to smell, is more common in women.

Why Do Some People Have a Heightened Sense of Smell?

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Why Closing The Gender Gap In Neurotech Is Essential for Innovation and Safety

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Specific Neuronal Genes Gain Mutations During Healthy Aging

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Autoimmunity Plays a Role in ALS

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Postdoc Portrait: Jessica Bradshaw

“Magic mushrooms”, containing psilocybin, are shown beside and inside of a daily pill container, indicating the potential for these compounds to be used as medicines.

Psilocybin Treats Chronic Pain and Depression in Mice

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What Are Senescent Cells?

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Postdoc Portrait: Madhu Sudhana Saddala

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How Psychedelics Affect the Brain: What We Know, and What We Think We Know

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What Causes the Pins and Needles Sensation?

A picture of Kishore Kumar S Narasimhan, a postdoc at Texas A&M University, against a background of neurons.

Postdoc Portrait: Kishore Kumar S Narasimhan

A woman capturing a photograph of an elephant, while on a safari. Such salient moments can strengthen the memory of mundane stuff that occurred before or after.

Why Do Some Memories Stick, But Others Fade Away?

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Kirsty Wright is searching for evidence in a missing persons investigation. She is wearing a blue shirt and glasses. Behind her is dense vegetation and police procedural tape.

How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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The Federal Government’s Research Innovation Lifeline Has Gone Dark

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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