Meet some of the people featured in the November 2018 issue of The Scientist.

In a new book, a vaccine researcher describes the scientific facts and personal anecdotes behind his family’s experience with autism and its comorbid disabilities.

In Chapter 6, “The Elephant’s Graveyard,” authors Hilde Østby and Ylva Østby discuss groundbreaking research into the psychology of forgetting.

The Østby sisters, one a neuroscientist and the other a writer, explore the uncharted territory of memory in their new book.

In this adapted excerpt from the book, the author relays the past, present, and future of artificial hearts.

Both the scientific community and the general public still have a lot to learn from the largest mesocosm research project ever conducted.

A newly described parasitic wasp is named after Daenerys Targaryen from the book series A Song of Ice and Fire and TV show Game of Thrones.

In chapter 4, “Building a Cure Machine,” author Victoria Jackson reveals the challenges in launching a foundation focused on funding research on a rare disease.

After I was diagnosed with brain cancer and started to lose my mental health, the importance of my job came into clear focus.

Meet some of the people featured in the February 2018 issue of The Scientist.