By Ivan Ramirez
When we see, it feels as if we are simply looking through small windows onto the world, making it easy to forget about the extensive processing the… Read more
By Ana González Manteiga
Cancer is a complex disease where some cells in the body multiply uncontrollably, forming tumors detrimental to bodily functions. Fortunately, more people survive cancer every day.… Read more
By: Janie Oberhauser
With its chorus of uncovered coughs, snotty sneezes, and doctor’s office waiting rooms full of children wearing pajamas, flu season brings plenty of germy interactions to cringe… Read more
By Dhruv Mehrotra
Imagine you’re at a party. The DJ is playing music, and the lights are dazzling. The chorus is about to come on, and the beat drops. As… Read more
By Sarah Wade
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flows through your central nervous system, serving multiple roles: it protects your brain, takes out the cellular trash, and even acts as a highway… Read more
By Daniel Janko
The world around us is beyond complicated. One theory of how the brain deals with this complexity is by creating cognitive maps. In part one, we discussed… Read more
By Keionna Newton
Dopamine. You’ve probably heard about it before in passing or perhaps you’ve seen it in the headlines. Perhaps you’ve seen people on social media using buzzwords like… Read more
By Daniel Janko, Carlotta Isabella Zona
Before reading this article, you may have gone to the kitchen to get a snack. Alternatively, you may go there after you have finished… Read more
Written and Illustrated by Johanna Mayer
Edited by Melis Cakar & Keionna Newton.
References
Schwarz DS, Blower MD. The endoplasmic reticulum: structure, function and response to cellular signaling. Cell Mol Life… Read more
By Johanna Popp
The human brain is highly intricate and there are a lot of mysteries that still need to be uncovered when it comes to its structure and function… Read more
By Ayushe Sharma and Brandon Mitchell
As you walk down the street towards your favorite coffee shop, you experience countless odors. Trash. Stale fries. Wet dogs. Floral perfumes. Overbearing colognes.… Read more
By Anastasiia Gryshyna
Many of us have heard a common debate between the fields of biology and sociology. Are human traits, behavior, and personality influenced by nature, or by nurture?… Read more
By Marta Garo-Pascual
Telomeres are the “shoelace caps” of linear chromosomes and, as shoelace caps protect shoelaces, telomeres serve a protective role for chromosomes. Barbara McClintock and Hermann Muller described… Read more
Neuroscience is a broad scientific field that encompasses many different types of research. This research ranges from the microscopic level such as basic protein interactions, genes, and cells, to the… Read more
Written by James Cole
“It is a test [that] genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”
T.S. Eliot
A couple years ago I found myself in perhaps one of… Read more
Written by Carolyn Amir
How has the internet changed your life? How has social media? For many, social media represents a way to stay in touch with old friends, organize… Read more
When you think of researchers growing “mini-brains,” you might picture a mad scientist out of a sci-fi or horror movie. But the reality looks quite different. Cerebral organoids, often colloquially… Read more
Depression is a common mental disorder affecting around 4% of the world’s population. Evidence suggests that chronic inflammation plays an important role in the development of depression. Indeed, around one… Read more
Picture this: You are encountering some dilemma. You call your friend, and they advise you to go with your “gut feelings”. These are perceived to be some sort of miraculous… Read more
Spanish Translation also available here: La Barrera Hematoencefálica – ¿Realmente funciona como su nombre indica?
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One of the mantras in neuroscience is that the blood brain barrier (BBB) protects… Read more
Learning to avoid a threat as well as knowing when something is no longer dangerous is crucial for an organism’s survival. Being able to shake off fearful memories after a… Read more
Understanding the complexity of the human mind and body is a feat that some would say is impossible. While the scientific community forges on despite the immense expanse of the… Read more
Most of us have heard of the placebo effect – the phenomenon in which patients experience improvements in health simply due to their belief in the efficacy of a medical… Read more
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