By Uma Adhye, Nia Banouvong, Caden Gaffaney, and Elliot Stack
All humans are born with unique traits. Some inherited traits are simple, like eye color or hair color, but some… Read more
By Nicole Less
As long as dogs avoid speaking human language and we lack the technology to translate, interpreting your companion’s behavior remains difficult–especially if you see your canine as… Read more
By Tony Nguyen
Every fortress needs watchmen, sentinels who don’t just sound the alarm, but sense when danger is approaching. For decades, we believed the brain’s sentinels were microglia alone,… Read more
By Paige Nicklas
If the garbage truck stopped visiting your house, how long do you think it would take for you to notice? How soon until you would have difficulty… Read more
By Keionna Newton
When talking about dissociative disorders, what often comes to mind for many people is dissociative identity disorder (informally known as multiple personalities) in which an individual is… Read more
By Alvi Khan
Most people don’t think of the brain and the immune system as partners in maintaining one’s health. Yet, in recent years, the field of neuroimmunology has uncovered… Read more
By Paige Nicklas
One common recommendation made to patients who have suffered a concussion is to “shut the brain off” so it can heal, by limiting physical and cognitive activities.… Read more
By Darsol Seok
In recent years, conversations about depression and mental health have become more prevalent. For instance, failing an exam or enduring a tough work week might prompt someone… Read more
By J. LaValley
A disease is sweeping the nation. As of April 2024, it can be found in 33 states and 5 Canadian provinces (National Wildlife Health Center, 2024) with… Read more
By Keionna Newton
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive, aging-related neurodegenerative disease first described in Western medicine in 1817 by James Parkinson (Goetz, 2011). Second only to Alzheimer’s disease, PD… Read more
By Julia LaValley
For over 4000 years, rabies has been humanity’s companion. First described in 2300 BCE in the Mosaic Esmuna Code of Babylon, rabies is one of the oldest… 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 Suhanee Mitragotri
When your infant wakes up from a nap, all you want is to be able to hold them close and give them all of your love. While… Read more
Policy Memo by Yug Yadava
Executive Summary
When a child is born at a hospital in the United States, he or she is tested for genetic, inherited, heart, and hearing… Read more
By Justin McMahon
Around 1 in 4 people will be affected by a mental illness at some point throughout their lives (World Health Organization, 2022), and unfortunately up to 60% of… Read more
By Mary Bullock Cooper
Do you have a bedtime? If you answered no… I’m sorry, but everyone has a bedtime! This bedtime is unlike the one in childhood that is… Read more
By Chris Gabriel
When you think of the person you love most in the world, you might imagine their face, their voice, and the memories you’ve shared together. Now, imagine… Read more
By Elissavet Chartampila
June 29th, 2021, was the hottest day in history for British Columbia, Canada. As a heat wave swept across western Canada, temperatures soared to unprecedented heights, with… Read more
In this infographic, Kayla Lim discusses the basics of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and intricacies related to long COVID!
Edited by Zoe Dobler, Vidya Saravanapandian, and Julia LaValley… Read more
by Rebeka Popovic
To operate properly, each cell relies on thousands of proteins performing their function at the right time and place within the boundaries of its membrane. The function… Read more
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