Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a runner. No, not like I just like to run. I am a runner. It is at the essential core of my identity. If I had a choice, I would spend all day, every day, running outside on secluded trails, far away from my lab experiments. The happiest day of my life wasn’t when I graduated or published … Continue reading
Welcome to Brain Bits, where I highlight important or interesting recent news in the world of neuroscience. I know guys, I’ve been falling behind in writing full-length posts because I’ve been incredibly busy this semester, but I thought some Brain Bits would at least tide you over for now. In store for today: revolutionizing scientific publishing, how your different senses interact, a new method for studying human brain … Continue reading
Welcome to the second installment of Brain Bits, where I highlight important or interesting recent news in the world of neuroscience. This week: how to build a human brain, what female fruit flies do after sex, DIY brain stimulation, and celebrating crappy results. A hallmark of the human brain is the dramatic enlargement of the neocortex, which is believed to mediate higher-level thought and cognition. Last week a new study in Science … Continue reading
Ok guys, so I’m starting a new thing where I’m going to highlight some of the major news that happened this week in the world of neuroscience. These will be relatively short posts that for now I’m calling “Brain Bits”. I think it’ll be good to engage myself and you guys in the broader world of neuroscience on a regular basis, and it’ll also give … Continue reading
In my previous post I discussed how the Serial podcast reminds me of doing science: starting with an initial straightforward question that rapidly becomes a murky mess, poring over ambiguous evidence that provides few clear answers, and so on (read the post here). Today I’m going to continue with this analogy and discuss what the search for truth in science really means. One of the … Continue reading