How Do Fruit Flies Grow Legs? Solving a Molecular Mystery
A new study helps settle a long-standing scientific debate about how embryos develop and offers clues for diseases like cancer, in which normal development patterns go awry.
The Naturally Rational Brain? How People Use, and Lose, Preexisting Biases to Make Decisions
New research shows that the human brain employs precise, mathematical logic to decision-making, revealing new insight into the brain science that guides learning.
A Brain Scientist and Volcanologist Investigate Why Some Volcanoes Turn Explosive
A volcanologist and biomedical engineer at Columbia University have joined forces to understand how particle-level interactions influence a volcano’s personality.
New Study in Electric Fish Reveals Brain Mechanisms for Distinguishing Self from Other
The brain’s remarkable ability to perceive the outside world relies almost entirely on its capacity to tune out noise generated by the body’s own actions, says a new study.
No More Sweet Tooth? Scientists Switch Off Pleasure from Food in Brains of Mice
New research in mice has revealed that the brain’s underlying desire for sweet, and its distaste for bitter, can be erased by manipulating neurons in the amygdala, the emotion center of the brain.