Melissa Cooper talks to Mac Shine about her new work that reveals how these glial cells—long dismissed as the brain’s housekeepers—wire together in precise, long-range networks that remodel in response to experience.

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Astrocytes

The silent majority: How astrocytes shape the brain across scales

By Mac Shine

12 May 2026 | 3 min read

Spectrum

By Jill Adams

12 May 2026

2 min read

Research image showing brain activity related to sensory sensitivity and hypoconnectivity

Untangling genetic effects, and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 11 May.

Spectrum

Untangling genetic effects, and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 11 May.

By Jill Adams

12 May 2026 | 2 min read

From bench to bot

By Tim Requarth

11 May 2026

11 min read

The next unit of science: Is the scientific paper due to be replaced?

Artificial intelligence is pushing scientific publishing to the brink. For a field as sprawling as neuroscience, the crisis may also be an opportunity to finally connect findings across subfields.

From bench to bot

The next unit of science: Is the scientific paper due to be replaced?

Artificial intelligence is pushing scientific publishing to the brink. For a field as sprawling as neuroscience, the crisis may also be an opportunity to finally connect findings across subfields.

By Tim Requarth

11 May 2026 | 11 min read