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If You Traveled Back in Time, What Would Kill You First? “Picture this: You come across a beautiful stone henge on a meadow in the middle of nowhere. You gently touch the rocks, perhaps imagi…

Science, Hype, and Everything In Between Mary Cundiff, Ph.D.July 2026(7 Minutes) “What are your thoughts on peptides?” I was asked this question recently. And, as a biologist, I was genuinely confu…

New High-Tech Medicine Against Heart Disease Jon Lee Andrade, Ph.D.July 2026(6 Minutes) Heart attacks are bad. I don’t think anyone here is going to argue that in good faith. And since 1921, cardio…

How a hallmark experiment in the 1940s showed that the randomness of mutation has a precise mathematical form Nishant Panicker, B.S.July 2026(9 Minutes) One of the oldest questions in biology is th…

Anxiety and Stress in Human Evolution Meredith Bennett, M.S.July 2026(5 Minutes) Exhausting amounts of work, financial pressures, and expectations to publish. Most of our readers will be familiar w…

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why we use other species to study ourselves Mary Cundiff, Ph.D.June 2026(8 Minutes) The use of model organisms in research raises important ethical considerations. This article does not seek to dis…

Jon Lee Andrade, Ph.D.June 2026(5 Minutes) PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are everywhere. You can find them in all sorts of consumer goods–food packaging, rain jackets, cookwa…

Your DNA Is Not Your Destiny “So, is there really not much you can do to impact your lifespan? Is your DNA really the biggest factor determining how long you live? The result is not quite as …

Matt Mosso, Ph.D. CandidateMay 2026(8 Minutes) The Cost of Slow Experiments Modern neuroscience has evolved the capability to manipulate neural activity at unprecedented scale, yet the time from ex…

Why Pandemic Preparedness Has No Evolutionary Intelligence Architecture Prabal Chhibbar, Ph.D. CandidateMay 2026(8 Minutes) Viruses Win by Changing. We Win by Finding What Cannot Change.Viruses and…

Sarah Boothman, Ph.D.May 2026(5 Minutes) Spring has arrived! We rejoice at its warmer temperatures and increased sunlight. While we might celebrate this seasonal change, Earth as a whole is undergo…

Meredith Bennett, M.S.May 2026(6 Minutes) If I asked you to imagine the largest animals on earth, what would you see? Perhaps an African Bush Elephant plodding across a savanna. A Blue Whale coasti…

NEO, BCIs, and Neurorehabilitation Lin Yang, B.S.May 2026(5 Minutes) Neuroscientists have discovered a much greater capacity for neuroplasticity than what traditional wisdom suggested. Whether in t…

Illustration by Lin Yang Forging the WayNEO, BCIs, and Neurorehabilitation “Neuroscientists have discovered a much greater capacity for neuroplasticity than what traditional wisdom suggested.…

Sleep cycles and the role of melatonin Mary D. Cundiff, Ph.D.April 2026(4 Minutes) Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional. The information in this article is intended for general information p…

A real-life Jurassic Park story unfolding in the Galápagos Christen Snyder, B.S.April 2026(6 Minutes) For decades, the idea of bringing extinct species back to life has mostly belonged to science f…

AnonymousApril 2026(4 Minutes) A crucial part of the process that underlies success within the scientific endeavor is the inclination to examine the object of study from a perspective of reductioni…

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Mary Cundiff, Ph.D.March 2026(3 minutes) If you’ve spent any time on the biology side of social media, you may have heard about our current mascot: the tardigrade. Maybe you have, maybe you haven’t…

Exploring the genomics diversity gap Nishant Panicker, B.S.March 2026(13 Minutes) In 2016, a team of researchers at Harvard and the Broad Institute reanalyzed genetic data from patients who had bee…

Here’s where to learn the basics. Abby Duimering, B.S.March 2026(5 Minutes) Have you ever watched the movie, The Martian, based on Andy Weir’s novel with the same name? If so, I’m sure you remember…

Illustration by Lin Yang Want to live in outer space? Here’s where to learn the basics. “Biosphere 2 is an American Earth System science research facility in Arizona. Its name comes from the …

The Greatest Hits Mary Cundiff, Ph.D.February 2026(4 minutes) I remember watching the Discovery documentary, First in Human, narrated by Sheldon Cooper, aka Jim Parsons, about NIH’s Building 10, th…

Science or Sales Sarah Boothman, Ph.D.February 2026(12 minutes) It’s winter. It’s dark and cold outside, you’re burnt out from the holidays, and it seems that everyone around you is getting sick. Y…

The 48 Blood Groups You’ve Never Heard Of Jon Lee Andrade, Ph.D.February 2026(6 minutes) All of us identify with one or more categories that say something definitive about who we are as peopl…

Illustration by Jenny Meng Immune Support:Science or Sales? “There are a lot of choices out there to help you stay healthy, but how do we know what will actually work? When it comes to these …

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