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A black neighborhood reacts to finding the slave ship that brought their ancestors to America
Washington Post Journalist Nicole Ellis visits Africatown, Alabama, following the discovery of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive on U.S. shor...
Chronic maternal interleukin-17 and autism-related cortical gene expression, neurobiology, and behavior
Chronic maternal interleukin-17 and autism-related cortical gene expression, neurobiology, and behavior
Pence Will Control All Coronavirus Messaging From Health Officials
Government health officials and scientists will have to clear statements with the vice president’s office, one of three people designated as the administration’s primary coronavirus official.
New RNA mapping technique shows how RNA interacts with chromatin in the genome
A group led by scientists from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have developed a new method, RADICL-seq, which...
NIH VideoCast - Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Meeting 2019
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I love this line in a published paper...after describing food restriction and a behavioral task..."Mice did
not master the cheeseboard task, so it is not discussed further." Love the honest methods.
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A third of Poland has now been declared an ‘LGBT-free zone’, making intolerance official
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A third of Poland has now declared itself to be an official "LGBT-free" zone as local towns sign a pledge adopting resolutions against "LGBT propaganda".
Living Science: Words without meaning
Many of the words used by scientists when reviewing manuscripts, job candidates and grant applications – words such as incremental, novelty, mechanism, descriptive and impact – have lost their meaning.
Missing 16-year-old hasn't been seen since Saturday in Detroit
Detroit Police and family members are searching for a 16-year-old boy who hasn't been seen since Saturday after leaving his home after an argument with his mother.
Angela Davis on Instagram: “I’m saddened to share that my 16 y/o son Jaden is missing in Detroit. He was last seen on Saturday morning in the Greenacres neighborhood.…”
574 Likes, 95 Comments - Angela Davis (@thekitchenista) on Instagram: “I’m saddened to share that my 16 y/o son Jaden is missing in Detroit. He was last seen on Saturday…”
Childhood trauma changes your brain. But it doesn’t have to be permanent.
Neuroscientists at Northeastern are using rats to understand how trauma in infancy makes children, but especially girls, more likely to develop anxiety and other similar disorders later in life.
NSF investigation of high-profile plant retractions ends in two debarments
A nearly ten-year-long series of investigations into a pair of plant physiologists who received millions in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation has resulted in debarments of less than…
The history of retractions from ecology and evolution journals
In a recent post I summarized the scholarly literature on retractions, including but not limited to retractions for misconduct. In this post I’ll focus on ecology and evolution specifically. …
α2A-adrenergic heteroreceptors are required for stress-induced reinstatement of cocaine conditioned place preference
α<sub>2A</sub>-adrenergic heteroreceptors are required for stress-induced reinstatement of cocaine conditioned place preference
The End of Australia as We Know It
What many of us have witnessed this fire season feels alive and monstrous. With climate change forcing a relaxed country to stumble toward new ways of work, leisure and life, will politics follow?
Mentoring plans: a really useful tool for PIs and their lab members
Over the years, I’ve heard people talk about mentoring plans and individual development plans (IDPs), and always thought they sounded like they could be worth trying some time. But I never made it …
Historical comparison of gender inequality in scientific careers across countries and disciplines
Empirical evidence suggests significant gender differences in the total productivity and impact of academic careers across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Paradoxically, the increase in the number of women academics...
Can I get a witness? Using vicarious defeat stress to study mood-related illnesses in traditionally understudied populations
The chronic social defeat stress (CSDS) model has been instrumental in shaping our understanding of neurobiology relevant to affect-related illnesses,…