Diane Lye tussles with the science--and theatrics--of Suggestible You, a history of the placebo effect
Read MoreFrom skyscrapers to subways, Diego Reinero revels in the nuts and bolts of urban physics
Read MoreCan neuroscience explain a painting? Marie Sweet ponders the gap between art and neurons
Read MoreJorge Jaramillo enjoys the scientific search for aliens in Lousia Preston's Goldilocks and the Water Bears
Read More“Intelligent aliens” in our midst? Rachel Denison immerses herself in Peter Godfrey-Smith’s examination of octopus consciousness
Read MoreSophia Domokos wanders through a forest of neurons to glimpse a new theory of consciousness
Read MoreCato Sandford wrestles with Jonathan Westphal over The Mind-Body Problem
Read MoreOur contributors hail from all over the sciences — and all over the world. We’ll share what brought us to science, why we stay, and what makes us (occasionally) want to run away. There will be eureka moments, scientific screw-ups, advice to youngsters, peers, and elders, as well as whimsical stories about space exploration, fruit fly cognition, and how a neuron can live its best life.
Just got your first Assistant Professor job? Congratulations! You’ve spent the last goodness-knows-how-many years immersing yourself in your specialty, mastering cutting-edge techniques, and honing your benchcraft. But few of these skills can help you now. To meet the challenge of running a lab – of managing people instead of data – get some tips from […]
Read More. . . And when you say “going nowhere fast,” you cannot possibly be describing me, because you think going signifies change in space as a function of time, in other words, the motion in a spatial dimension over a duration of some temporal interval, whereas my existence, if not my experience, is not defined […]
Read MoreI knew I wanted to be a doctor a few years ago when my mother was dragged out of our living room on a stretcher. I was just returning from school that afternoon, and settling into my room when my sisters came to me, teary-eyed, and said, “Mom is sick.” I thought to myself, “She’s […]
Read MoreI knew I wanted to be a scientist when… well to be honest, given my interests and hobbies as a child, I was a tad concerned I was most well-suited to become a murderer. You are worried now, and that is understandable—-but please, stick with me here. We lived on a hillside covered in blackberry […]
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