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The human brain physically embodies rhythmic sound in a remarkable symphony that has the power to heal.

From Soundwaves to Brainwaves: The Transformative Power of Music

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

Image of a woman with her hands across her stomach. She has a look of discomfort on her face. There is a blown up image of her stomach next to her and it has colorful butterflies and gut bacteria all swarming within the gut.

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Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

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Publish or Perish: The Board Game of Academic Survival

Image of a woman kneeling next to her open dishwasher. Above her, the microwave door is open. Both the dishwasher and microwave have zoom in circles depicting some form of microbial slime.

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Household Slime May Harbor Useful Extremophiles

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Split image of a man unsuccessfully trying to tickle himself with a feather (right) and a man laughing and being tickled by a woman with a feather (left).

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Why Can&rsquo;t We Tickle Ourselves?

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Image of a hand holding up three playing cards. The background has multiple cards set up on a wooden table.

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An image of young researchers gathered around a table playing an engaging board game.

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Interview

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Science Crossword Puzzle

Crossword Puzzle

Photograph of Patricia Bondia (left) in a red patterned blazer and jeans and Melek Villanueva (right) in a black blazer and jeans standing on either side of an arcade game featuring their video game, Nanocar Racing: The Game. 

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Photograph showing a poster for a virtual reality game called The Phage Collection Project. The background is of a hospital room with a patient bed on the right and a counter on the left. Overtop of this is the game menu with the game’s name, a blue cartoon phage that is an in-game guide, and options in blue to select different phages.

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Illustration of a person on a purple background wearing a VR headset. Images of plants, microbes, planets, and animals swirl around them, highlighting what they are learning on their headset.

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Gamifying Science to Reach New Audiences

Image of Arabidopsis thaliana with white petals (left) with the text of “flower engineering” in the center that leads a pink Arabidopsis rose, which contains whorls of petals.

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Image of seven Arabidopsis mini roses lined up. The flowers range from white to champagne and varying shades of pink.

CRISPR Cultivates an <em id="isPasted">Arabidopsis&nbsp;</em>Rose Rainbow

Players compete, collaborate, and celebrate in a satirical race to publish groundbreaking papers on hilariously absurd research topics.

Publish or Perish: The Board Game of Academic Survival

Players compete, collaborate, and celebrate in a satirical race to publish groundbreaking papers on hilariously absurd research topics.

Household Slime May Harbor Useful Extremophiles

Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves?

Publish or Perish: The Board Game of Academic Survival

Science Crossword Puzzle

Gamifying Science to Reach New Audiences

CRISPR Cultivates an Arabidopsis Rose Rainbow