The Senses
May 7, 2025
Scientists just mapped your tongue. It may be the key to helping you lose weight
Understanding how we crave sweet treats could help fight obesity, researchers say.
In the News
May 7, 2025
What am I supposed to say to this generation of young scientists?
CEO and Director Daphna Shohamy, PhD, reflects on recent funding cuts for scientists-in-training.
Evolution
January 7, 2025
On a Wild Mouse Chase to Understand Parenting, Love, and Fear
Andres Bendesky, PhD, research offers a window into the genetic and neural underpinnings of behavior.
In the News
December 29, 2024
The Elephantine Memories of Food-Caching Birds
Dmitriy Aronov, PhD, cited in The New Yorker.
Evolution
October 16, 2024
What puts the fight in fighting fish?
New studies by the Bendesky lab combine genetics and neuroscience to offer clues
In the News
October 9, 2024
How neuroscience comics add KA-POW! to the field
Q&A with Kanaka Rajan, PhD
Growth & Development
September 6, 2024
Epigenetics & The Full Story of Inheritance
Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews Bianca Jones Marlin on Startalk.
Decision Making
August 28, 2024
Your Brain Wants You To Be Curious, Not Anxious
A new neuroimaging study from the Gottlieb lab reveals how brains process curiosity — and points to a better way to approach the unknown.
Disease
June 17, 2024
The Brainstem Fine-Tunes Inflammation Throughout the Body
The evolutionarily ancient part of the brain that controls breathing and heart rate also regulates the immune system — a discovery about the brain-body axis made by the Zuker lab.
Evolution
May 16, 2024
Some mice have a cheating heart. It’s a hormonal thing, scientists find
Andrés Bendesky, MD, PhD, discusses his research on monogamous Oldfield mice.
