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Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Jake Currie

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Walking May Improve Your Attention Span

Saul Justin Newman is an Ig Nobel Prize-winning interdisciplinary senior research fellow at the University of Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and University College London’s Center for Longitudinal Studies. He is the author of <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052719/morbid/?_gl=1*1fnhio4*_ga*MTk0NzU1NTc1MC4xNzg2NzI2OTYx*_ga_LKJ2S6BH0S*czE3OTI0MzQxNjYkbzYkZzEkdDE3OTI0MzQzNDIkajQ1JGwwJGgw">Morbid</a> from which this article is adapted.

Saul Justin Newman

Longevity Research Has a Bullshit Problem

Teen Girls Are Now More Likely to Vape Than Boys

Can We Ditch BMI for an Obesity Index That Predicts Disease Risk Better?

Erikka Loftfield is group leader at QIMR Berghofer in Australia.

Erikka Loftfield

Replacing Just 10 Percent of Ultra‑processed Foods with Whole Foods Linked to Drop in Bowel Cancer Rate

How Our Skin Reveals the Link Between Insomnia and Fear

Saroash Shahid is a reader in dental materials at Queen Mary University of London.

Saroash Shahid

First Case of Teeth Growing Out of an Eye Socket

Thomas Jeffries is a senior lecturer in microbiology at Western Sydney University.

Thomas Jeffries

The Death of a Russian Plague Researcher, Explained by a Microbiologist

Can GLP-1s Slow Aging?

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Susana Carmona is the founder of Neuromaternal, a lab based in Madrid, and is a mother herself. She has led international research projects and published her findings in Science Advances and Nature Neuroscience, among many other publications. She is the author of “<a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262054782/a-mothers-brain/?_gl=1*pv1veq*_ga*MTMzNjk5NDU2Mi4xNzg3Njc5ODQ0*_ga_LKJ2S6BH0S*czE3OTE1NjgyNTkkbzIkZzEkdDE3OTE1Njg1ODAkajYwJGwwJGgw" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-ga-category="outbound-link" data-vars-ga-action="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262054782/a-mothers-brain/">A Mother’s Brain</a>,” from which this article is adapted.
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Susana Carmona

The Placenta Is More Powerful—and More Mysterious—Than You Think

Julie Moreno is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences at Colorado State University.

Julie Moreno

Why Old Dogs Might Be Able to Teach Alzheimer’s Researchers New Tricks

Kristen French is a senior editor at Nautilus. She has worked in science journalism since 2013, reporting and writing features and news for publications such as Wired, Backchannel, The Verge, and New York Magazine. She has a masters degree in science journalism from Columbia University.

Health

Walking May Improve Your Attention Span

Longevity Research Has a Bullshit Problem

Teen Girls Are Now More Likely to Vape Than Boys

Can We Ditch BMI for an Obesity Index That Predicts Disease Risk Better?

Replacing Just 10 Percent of Ultra‑processed Foods with Whole Foods Linked to Drop in Bowel Cancer Rate

How Our Skin Reveals the Link Between Insomnia and Fear

First Case of Teeth Growing Out of an Eye Socket

The Death of a Russian Plague Researcher, Explained by a Microbiologist

Can GLP-1s Slow Aging?

The Placenta Is More Powerful—and More Mysterious—Than You Think

Why Old Dogs Might Be Able to Teach Alzheimer’s Researchers New Tricks

Scared of Shots? A Favorite Tune Helps Mute the Pain