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Lauren Schenkman is a freelance journalist. She has written for Atlas Obscura, The New York Times Magazine, Tin House, and TED Ideas. Before going freelance, she was a reporter and editor at Science magazine. She has undergraduate degrees in physics and English and an MFA in creative writing.
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Sam Wang, a neuroscientist running for the U.S. House of Representatives, has been considering American democracy for decades.
Two independent teams in Africa are developing stem cell lines and organoids from local populations to explore neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative conditions.
Deep-sleep cycling between brain waves of higher and lower amplitude dates far back on the evolutionary tree, according to a new comparative study of mammals and reptiles.
A new review of 15 years of studies on the connection between the microbiome and autism reveals widespread statistical and conceptual errors.
The Dutch Senate has ordered the Biomedical Primate Research Centre in the Netherlands to shift its funding away from primate experiments by 2030.
Complex, multidimensional tasks that unfold over time could reveal how different brain areas work together to support decisions.
Complex, multidimensional tasks that unfold over time could reveal how different brain areas work together to support decisions.
After a January paper questioned the validity of an approach called lesion network mapping, its users are pressure testing their results.
After a January paper questioned the validity of an approach called lesion network mapping, its users are pressure testing their results.
Estropipate, paclitaxel and levocarnitine altered behaviors tied to SCN2A and DYRK1A variants specifically, a new open-source platform revealed.
Estropipate, paclitaxel and levocarnitine altered behaviors tied to SCN2A and DYRK1A variants specifically, a new open-source platform revealed.