Rethinking Neuroscience

Too often, studies that aim to develop new treatments for patients fail to adequately cite and build upon research that preceded them.

Gut microbiome–based solutions hold promise for addressing obesity, but are they overhyped?

Female fruit flies assess the physical symmetry of male suitors through the songs they sing, a study claims.

The compounds responsible for the earthy smell of recent rain are produced by a wide variety of bacteria and fungi. Recent research sheds light on why microbes bother.

A strange layer in the fossil record contains evidence that fern populations exploded following the mass extinction that ended the Cretaceous period. Scientists want to know why.

Meet the team trying to restore mollusk populations with the help of underwater speakers.

At Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the cancer biologist is combining research into the tumor microenvironment with the principles of neuroscience to tease apart how cancers grow—and how to stop them.

The Middlebury College neuroscientist explores enzymes that affect brain cell development and neurodegeneration.

Some researchers have decided to provide their products without financial compensation or expectations of authorship on resulting papers, prompting a flurry of new work.

Despite increasingly strict journal policies requiring the release of computational code files along with research papers, many scientists remain reluctant to share—underscoring the need for better solutions.

Human beings are susceptible to the latest nutritional trends, regardless of their actual biological value.

Research shows that humans aren’t the only animals whose imaginations run wild while they sleep.

Putting on a mask to protect oneself and others against disease is nothing new, nor is resistance to mask-wearing, but mask designs have changed considerably from their first iterations.

Makio Murayama, a Japanese-American biochemist who was turned away from the Manhattan Project due to his heritage, rose to prominence for his work uncovering the link between the structure of hemoglobin and the mechanisms of sickle cell disease.