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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.
Addressing this gap will require collecting widespread data on pregnancy, menopause and other life events women experience—and could bring us closer to the “holy grail” of linking brain and behavior.
Addressing this gap will require collecting widespread data on pregnancy, menopause and other life events women experience—and could bring us closer to the “holy grail” of linking brain and behavior.
The "intuitive" neuropharmacologist pushed against the status quo.
The "intuitive" neuropharmacologist pushed against the status quo.
Adjusting genetic analyses could help plug autism’s heritability gap, according to a new preprint.
Adjusting genetic analyses could help plug autism’s heritability gap, according to a new preprint.