Illustration by Angelika Manhart

This Scientific Life

Our 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.

On Our Best Behavior? Not!

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Oliver Vikbladh delights in this history from the bad boy of econ... and how it's affecting everything from decision making to neuroscience

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Hey, Good Looking!

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Does beauty have biological meaning? Neuroscientist Alessio Travaglia considers Darwin’s forgotten theory

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A Last Meander

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Rhea Datta savors a collection of essays by Oliver Sacks, as he pays final homage to his scientific touchstones

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