Web producer
The Transmitter
Dani Leviss is The Transmitter’s web producer. She produces articles and newsletters for the site. Previously, she was a researcher for the podcast “Hometown History NJ” and a science editor for Scholastic Magazines+. She has also written for Live Science and Hakai Magazine and fact-checked for Science News, Levels Blog and a book about toxic chemical exposure and cancer.
Researchers have dueled for years over how the magnetic sense works. New data from monarch butterflies could finally help settle the debate.
Researchers have dueled for years over how the magnetic sense works. New data from monarch butterflies could finally help settle the debate.
Negative reactions to sensations track with certain neurodevelopmental traits in more than 15,000 children—pointing to shared neurobiological roots.
Negative reactions to sensations track with certain neurodevelopmental traits in more than 15,000 children—pointing to shared neurobiological roots.
Thanks to recent progress in physics-based simulators and robotics, it has never been easier for neuroscientists to use neuromechanical modeling to test hypotheses about animal movement.
Thanks to recent progress in physics-based simulators and robotics, it has never been easier for neuroscientists to use neuromechanical modeling to test hypotheses about animal movement.