What the Quest to Map the Brain Tells Us About Government-Funded Science Revolutions
Three years in, President Obama's BRAIN Initiative gives us an anatomy of the research "moonshot."
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What Makes You So Smart, Computational Neuroscientist?
Terrence Sejnowski talks to Pacific Standard about searching for Sputnik, receiving pleasure reading material from a Nobel Prize winner, and being a science nerd.
How Growing Up Poor Affects the Brain
New research shows poorer and richer kids' brains have physical differences, but there's scope for change.
Mental Maps and the Neuroscience of Neighborhood Blight
Getting a better sense of how people visualize their neighborhoods could be the first step toward improving them.
What a Trip to Mars Could Do to People’s Brains
The preliminary science suggests Marstronauts are going to need some protection.
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: The First-Generation College Student Modifying the Memories of Humans
We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: The Aspiring Astronaut and Polymath Who Sees Patterns in Just About Everything
We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.
How Courts Use Neuroscience
A new report collates some of the latest numbers on how American courts use brain science in trials. We've got the skinny, plus an analysis of the good and bad consequences.
Survive and Thrive: How Big Data Is Transforming Health Care, Part II
Inside the promising marriage between data and health care: How health quantification could alleviate Parkinson's symptoms and improve the lives of Type 1 diabetics.
The Very Real Dangers of Tasers
Scientific research reveals the harmful effects of Tasers, on both body and mind.