Hannah Furfaro was a news writer at Spectrum from 2017 to 2019. Before that, Hannah was an investigative reporting fellow at Columbia University. She previously worked at The Wall Street Journal, The Fresno Bee and the Associated Press. Her work has also appeared in The Guardian and Audubon Magazine.
Many people with autism have difficulty falling and staying asleep, but there may be ways to help them.
Nerve fiber tracts in the brains of autistic girls appear more fragmented than those of typical girls’. Autistic boys’ brains, meanwhile, look like those of typical boys.
Annie Ciernia describes the greenhouse origins of her scientific career and why a unicorn makes a good lab mascot.
Researchers have created a microscopic particle that traps immune molecules found in a woman that are linked to autism in her child.
Brain organoids made from typical human stem cells begin to show synchronized neuronal firing patterns after growing in a dish for at least four months.
Researchers are mapping the neurons in Drosophila’s ventral nerve cord, where the central nervous system meets the rest of the body.
Researchers are mapping the neurons in Drosophila’s ventral nerve cord, where the central nervous system meets the rest of the body.
A purpose-built database of participants who have shared genomic and behavioral data could give clinical trials a boost, Charman says.
A purpose-built database of participants who have shared genomic and behavioral data could give clinical trials a boost, Charman says.
The newly identified circuit taps into the brain’s opioid system to provide a top-down form of pain relief.
The newly identified circuit taps into the brain’s opioid system to provide a top-down form of pain relief.