Insights Abound Even at Journey’s End

Although my time at The Scientist has drawn to a close, I am consistently surprised by science.

Written byBob Grant

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For more than 15 years, I have had the pleasure of helping The Scientist cover everything from breaking news on an emerging pandemic to the latest research breakthroughs that chip away at long-standing mysteries. Depending on the day, this job is a mixture of challenging, delightful, and enlightening. Some days are more challenging. Others contain more delights. But one thing has remained constant throughout the entirety of my tenure at this publication: Science and the world it probes never cease to amaze me.

Recently, I have been reminded of this fact in a beautifully mundane way. During an early-November news meeting—the type we hold weekly to explore the life science research goings-on—members of the editorial staff discussed a study that purported to uncover the neural circuitry responsible for controlling vomiting. The research, published in a November issue of Cell, used mice as experimental models. The authors of the paper exposed ...

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Meet the Author

Bob Grant
From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. In his previous life, he pursued a career in science, getting a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from Montana State University and a master’s degree in marine biology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Bob edited Reading Frames and other sections of the magazine.
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