How scientists are building a library of the brain’s dysfunctional pathways
SungJung Cho reports on a new study that has detailed dysfunctional neural circuits associated with neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Hope for HIV vaccine—antibodies protect animals against infection in pilot study
Sinibaldo Romero Arocha reports on new findings that broadly neutralising antibodies confer protection against HIV in a primate study.
Discovering the stars: The need for gender equality in space
Olivia Allen discusses the gender inequality experienced by Bell Burnell, notably how her discovery gave her male colleagues a Nobel Prize.
To capture time: Investigating timekeeping, collecting, and colonialism at Oxford’s History of Science Museum
Julia Granato explores the colonial history of many exhibitions in Britain and how a new exhibit at Oxford is trying to acknowledge its past.
New research reveals how a 12-millimetre fish is as loud as a gunshot
George Rabin discusses how new research on the Danionella cerebrum equate its noises to that of an aircraft and gunshot.
Lost legacies: Western medicine’s appropriation of Indigenous psychedelic wisdom
Athina Metaxa explores how the Western psychedelic renaissance can threaten Indigenous communities and initiatives created to mitigate such.
More than a diagnosis: recognising FASD
Lily Massey discusses common consequences, vulnerabilities and upbringings associated with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Redefining mental health: the rise of computational psychiatry
SungJun Cho delves into the challenges of modern psychiatry and how computational psychiatry may alleviate these problems.
Disorders of consciousness are a clinical minefield. Here’s how we could be doing better
Charles Jenner explores the clinical subjectivity of consciousness and how neuroimaging may provide a new avenue to more accurate diagnoses.
To believe or not believe: Does free will exist?
Divya Prasad explores arguments against free will yet how the belief that we do hold some power over decisions may be better for individuals.