The grass is always greener on the other side – so we are told when we wish for something we do not have. These wishes could be a job you wanted, moving to a new exciting city, maybe the curly hair ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flows through your central nervous system, serving multiple roles: it protects your brain, takes out the cellular trash, and even acts as a highway for immune cells. Although ...

Imagine standing in line at a café when someone blatantly cuts ahead of you. A flash of indignation flares up – “Hey, that’s not fair!” On the other hand, think about how you would feel when a ...

Maria is a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studies how neurons and astrocytes influence each other in regulating degradative pathways. She is passionate about the ...

Have you ever caught the scent of a perfume and suddenly found yourself thinking of a particular person, place, or moment from years ago? Or heard a familiar song that instantly brought back memories ...

Running his hands over a red armchair, Neo murmurs with hesitation, “This isn’t real.” Gazing at him intently, Morpheus responds, “What is real? How do you define real?” In the film The Matrix, the ...

The idea that octopuses might be aliens emerged from the theory of panspermia (Steele et al., 2018), according to which life on Earth is not entirely of terrestrial origin, and microorganisms may have ...

Motherhood is a profoundly life-changing experience. Pregnancy not only alters daily routines and responsibilities, it also transforms the body in remarkable ways. Organs shift to make room for a baby ...

It’s almost 1 a.m. Your test is in seven hours, and you’ve read the same three pages so many times that the words have started to blur. But it feels like you’re absorbing the information. Each ...

It is a hot summer day in central Alabama as I go through my garden. There is a mimosa plant sprouting from the ground. Its leaflets stretch out wide to absorb the full power of the sun. However, as I ...

As spooky season descends upon us, it’s intriguing to explore the connections between neuroscience and a Halloween classic: the zombie. While the introduction of zombism to fiction can be attributed ...

In the early 20th century, pioneering neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield made a groundbreaking discovery. While in the operating room, Penfield stimulated various regions of the motor cortex of his ...