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How the brain memorizes mundane events

An interview with Zachariah Reagh, a brain scientist at Washington University. Do you remember what you did on this day six months ago?...

Is there a link between personality and cognitive abilities?

This new meta-analysis gets to the bottom of the question. A new, exhaustive study published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of...

Racism damages black pregnant women’s mental health, Covid-19 made it even worse.

This scientist is figuring out how to avoid their children also suffering the consequences. A growing body of research suggests that...

Scientists just figured out how to grow electrodes inside living organisms

A chat with scientists Roger Olsson and Magnus Berggren We might all remember, from our elementary school science class, how to make a...

These four genes could be culpable for suicidal thoughts and feelings

An interview with genetic epidemiologist Dr. Ashley-Koch about which genes are correlated with suicidal behaviours and why learning about...

An Interview with Neurovariability Expert Stephanie Forkel

A interview about the Science special issue on brain connectivity In the morgue. That’s where Stephanie Forkel, a researcher whose work...

Behind the Science - A column introduction

Behind the Science with Sofia Quaglia. Sofia and I first met in October of 2022 via Zoom. She had interviewed Carmine, Inspire the Mind...