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‘Ancient’ brainstem structure evolved beyond basic motor control

NIDA shutters diversity fellowship program, axes active awards
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”Particularly for trainees who have had to overcome additional barriers in their careers, “it’s a little bit of a slap in the face.” — SARA MILLS-HUFFNAGLE, GRADUATE STUDENT, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

‘We still exist’: How four neuroscience advocacy groups are navigating federal DEI funding cuts

Why the 21st-century neuroscientist needs to be neuroethically engaged
The brain’s quiet conductor: How hidden cells fine-tune arousal

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Federal funding cuts imperil next generation of autism researchers

Expediting clinical trials for profound autism: Q&A with Matthew State

Proposed NIH budget cut threatens ‘massive destruction of American science’

How to communicate the value of curiosity-driven research

Neuroscience Ph.D. programs adjust admissions in response to U.S. funding uncertainty


The last two-author neuroscience paper?
Author lists on papers have ballooned, and it’s getting hard to discern contribution.

Static pay, shrinking prospects fuel neuroscience postdoc decline
Postdoctoral researchers sponsored by the National Institutes of Health now toil longer than ever before, for less money. They are responding accordingly.

Thinking about thinking: AI offers theoretical insights into human memory

Noninvasive technologies can map and target human brain with unprecedented precision

Keeping it personal: How to preserve your voice when using AI

From bench to bot: How important is prompt engineering?

From bench to bot: Does AI really make you a more efficient writer?

Releasing the Hydra with Rafael Yuste
Losing HHMI Investigator status prompted Yuste to study neural networks in a new way.

Amid confusion around U.S. science, some neuroscientists prepare to rally

‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux

To keep or not to keep: Neurophysiology’s data dilemma

The S-index Challenge: Develop a metric to quantify data-sharing success

A README for open neuroscience

‘Natural Neuroscience: Toward a Systems Neuroscience of Natural Behaviors,’ an excerpt

‘Bioethics and Brains: A Disciplined and Principled Neuroethics,’ an excerpt

‘Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s,’ an excerpt

Accepting “the bitter lesson” and embracing the brain’s complexity
To gain insight into complex neural data, we must move toward a data-driven regime, training large models on vast amounts of information. We asked nine experts on computational neuroscience and neural data analysis to weigh in.

What makes memories last—dynamic ensembles or static synapses?
Teasing out how different subfields conceptualize central terms might help move this long-standing debate forward. I asked eight scientists to weigh in.