The Theater of Healing
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Diane Lye tussles with the science--and theatrics--of Suggestible You, a history of the placebo effect
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.
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 MoreMaria Pokrovskii explores the boundary between the microbiome and us
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