Adults grow new brain cells – and these neurons are key to learning by listening
Understanding how new neurons affect brain function throughout adulthood can offer new approaches to treating epilepsy and dementia.
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Why ‘ability expectations’ must be central to debates on science and our future
Ability expectations are what people rely upon as they seek out productive and satisfying lives. They need to be a key part of the debate over gene-editing and other major scientific breakthroughs.
Big data jobs are out there – are you ready?
Most industries tap into big data these days – meaning more and more jobs are opening up in this field. Here’s some background on the skills and qualities you’d use as a modern big data professional.
COVID‑19 and telehealth may be changing how much you know about your therapist
With most therapy sessions now online, a psychologist explores whether more self-disclosure by therapists – sharing more about their own lives – might help their patients.
Want to solve the world’s problems? Try working together across disciplines
Labor Day is an excellent time for college instructors to commit to teaching students to take an interdisciplinary approach to solving the world’s toughest problems, three professors argue.
How ‘vaccine nationalism’ could block vulnerable populations’ access to COVID‑19 vaccines
Should the US be able to pre-order vaccines for its citizens when other populations around the globe are at greater risk?
Dolly the Sheep and the human cloning debate ‑ twenty years later
Dolly, the world’s most famous and controversial sheep, was born twenty years ago – on July 5, 1996 to be precise. She was the first mammal to enter the world following a process of reproductive cloning…
This is the age of the brain – but bending beliefs and feelings raises political questions
Research into how feelings and opinions can be shaped using technology or drugs could impact the whole of society not just the individuals concerned.
The next wearable technology could be your skin
Imagine if your smartphone was built into your arm. Flexible organic electronics could one day make artificial skin displays a reality.
Forget Iron Man: skintight suits are the future of robotic exoskeletons
How soft robotics could help paralysed people walk again without the need for clunky equipment.
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