Bethany Brookshire
Biologist Emily Willingham explores humans’ obsession with animal penises in “Phallacy”
The organ appears in religious texts, laws, daily speech and even in photos sent, often uninvited, to people’s phones. But ...
In the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, ethical concerns abound
How do we ethically test it in people? Can people be forced to get the vaccine if they don’t want it? ...
No, a single hormone cannot turn mice gay
In 2011, a group of scientists “turned mice gay.” The only issue is, of course, they didn’t. Rather, Yi Rao ...
Bat brains help tell us how processing works in our own
When you’re driving a car, you pass by people, places, colors and shapes. Suddenly, you see one particular combination of ...
Rethinking addiction and the brain on drugs
Every day sees a new research article on addiction, be it cocaine, heroin, food or porn. Each one takes a specific angle on how addiction ...
Chorus of neurons, singing together transfers messages in the brain
When a cartoon character gets an idea, you know it. A lightbulb goes on over Wile E. Coyote’s head, or ...
Antidepressants kick in faster with the help of small interfering RNA
In a recent experiment, researchers tested if something called a small interfering RNA, which can restrict the effects of RNA interference ...