Knvul Sheikh is a freelance science journalist based in New York. She writes about psychology, personalized medicine, genetics and culture. She served as web editor for Genome magazine, and her stories have appeared in The Atlantic, National Geographic, Popular Science, Scientific American and Vice, among others.
Knvul Sheikh
From this contributor
Spotted around the web: Week of 20 May 2019
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 20 May.
Spotted around the web: Week of 6 May 2019
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 6 May.
Spotted around the web: Week of 22 April 2019
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 22 April.
Spotted around the web: Week of 8 April 2019
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 8 April.
New figures for autism prevalence in China point to previous neglect
About 1 in 100 children in China has autism, suggesting the condition is more common in the country than previously thought.
New figures for autism prevalence in China point to previous neglect
By
Knvul Sheikh
11 April 2019 | 4 min read
Explore more from The Transmitter
Microglia scoop out garbage from inside neurons
Through a newly identified process called skoupocytosis, neurons recruit the immune cells to remove cellular waste they find hard to deal with themselves.
Microglia scoop out garbage from inside neurons
Through a newly identified process called skoupocytosis, neurons recruit the immune cells to remove cellular waste they find hard to deal with themselves.
By
Siddhant Pusdekar
23 September 2026 | 0 min watch
How neuromorphic computing could improve AI
Mihai Petrovici explains what neuromorphic computing is and how it can speed up and reduce energy consumption in artificial intelligence and brain simulations.
How neuromorphic computing could improve AI
Mihai Petrovici explains what neuromorphic computing is and how it can speed up and reduce energy consumption in artificial intelligence and brain simulations.
By
Gaute Einevoll
23 September 2026 | 102 min listen
Hasty stem cells highlight potential limitation with cortical organoids
The models recapitulate many key developmental processes, but some radial glial cells in mouse organoids make neurons earlier than they should.
Hasty stem cells highlight potential limitation with cortical organoids
The models recapitulate many key developmental processes, but some radial glial cells in mouse organoids make neurons earlier than they should.
By
Giorgia Guglielmi
22 September 2026 | 4 min read