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The Problem with Scientific Credit

Our algorithm said a courtesy driver should have won the Nobel Prize.

We Are All Bewildered Machines

Bewilderment is the antidote to scientific reductionism.

November 9, 2018

New Proof Shows Infinite Curves Come in Two Types

Alexander Smith’s work on the Goldfeld conjecture reveals fundamental characteristics of elliptic curves.

November 9, 2018

Pregnancy Changes Perception of Odors and Tastes

Receptor modifies how mated fruit flies perceive polyamines.

A Eulogy for a Cow

How commodified animals die.

November 7, 2018

The Woman Who Reinvented the Moon

A MacArthur “genius grant” winner writes a new lunar origin story.

November 7, 2018

Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain

The learning process leads to a reorganization that extends to deep brain structures.

“Traffic Jams” of Cells Help to Sculpt Embryos

By measuring mechanical forces inside an embryo for the first time, researchers have shown how a physical “jamming” mechanism assists development.

November 1, 2018

Nobel Prize Awarded for Cancer Immunotherapy

James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing ways to unleash the immune system more effectively against cancers.

November 1, 2018

Unexpected Diversity Found in 16 New Lab Mouse Genomes

The availability of new genomes for 16 diverse strains of laboratory mice will help accelerate research into the genetic underpinnings of human traits and diseases.

November 1, 2018