November 2018

Intelligent Science

Wrapping our heads around human smarts

Features

When Should Service Dogs Be Admitted into the Lab?

The Biological Roots of Intelligence

How Exercise Reprograms the Brain

Notebook

Dialogue Improves Children’s Learning Abilities

Genetic Sequencing Uncovers New Options for Multiple Myeloma Patients

After a Lobectomy, a Boy Still Recognizes Words and Faces

Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Modulates Memory Networks

Modus Operandi

Retina Recordings Reinvented

Careers

Examining Grad Student Mental Health

Profiles

Genetic Neurologist: A Profile of Huda Zoghbi

Scientist to Watch

Robb Rutledge Pinpoints the Factors That Make Us Happy—Or Not

Lab Tools

Using Temperature-Sensitive Channels to Study Neural Circuitry

Reading Frames

Vaccines Did Not Cause My Daughter’s Autism

Foundations

Cranial Craters, 1000-1250

The Literature

Faulty Cell Transport System Implicated in Alzheimer’s Disease

Winter Brain Blues

Defeating Fear Depends on Amygdala Suppression

Editorial

Smarts and Hearts

Contributors

Contributors

Speaking of Science

Ten-Minute Sabbatical

Freeze Frame

Caught on Camera

Infographics

Infographic: Behind Mouse Eyes

Infographic: Leaky Gates

Infographic: Exercise’s Effects on the Brain

Infographic: What Makes a Brain Smart?

Infographic: Welcoming Service Dogs into the Lab

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Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

DNA and pills, conceptual illustration of the relationship between genetics and therapeutic development

Multiplexing PCR Technologies for Biopharmaceutical Research

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