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07/20/2023

Failed experiments are not publication worthy… or are they? Science is all about failing, and we want to celebrate the failures along with the wins. Send us your best worst mistakes to participate in our Epic Fail digest section. https://bit.ly/3NZqf8Z

07/13/2023

What are you looking at? Can you guess? Find out in the latest issue of the TS Digest: https://bit.ly/3O2F0Yz

07/12/2023

Why are humans furless? What is the smallest organism to dream? Are you ever about seemingly basic questions that don't have an obvious answer? We are here to find those answers for you! Submit your question here: https://bit.ly/3pH0qBa

07/11/2023

Did you forget your controls, drop your gel, or choose the wrong buffer? We have all been there, done that! But what’s the best worst mistake you made? Tell us about your Epic Fail (the sillier the better) to get featured in our new TS Digest. https://bit.ly/44y2j1V

07/05/2023

Introducing the new TS Digest--an interactive experience. In this digital age of unlimited possibilities and limited time, the TS Digest offers respite for those craving quality science stories in an easy-to-browse online format. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3XFWxcd

06/05/2023

Dorothy Hodgkin suffered from rheumatoid arthritis throughout her life, but she never let it stop her from scientific discovery.

Political activist and Nobel winner Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin pioneered X-ray crystallography to discover the molecular structures of penicillin and insulin.

06/05/2023

“It could be the case that someday we'll be able to use these tests to learn things about patients that today we can't see.”

A new study relying on DNA methylation clocks suggests that the biological age of mouse and human cells can fluctuate in response to stressful events.

06/05/2023

How does birdsong correlate with human speech?

The Scientist Speaks Podcast - Episode 1, Birds on the Brain: The Neuroscience Behind Songbird Communication and Human Speech

06/05/2023

“It was really only about 10 or 15 years ago that studies really started to come forward . . . to show that people doing shift work are at higher risk for a lot of human health disorders.”

Researchers found that shifted sleep/wake cycles in young rats result in increased functional deficits and mortality following stroke later in life.

05/16/2023

The findings suggest that by paying more attention to the metabolomes of people with autism, researchers might be able to identify subtypes that could be treatable

The mutation prevents certain amino acids from entering neurons, causing the cells to die early in development.

05/16/2023

The changes may help explain the link between maternal infection and autism, though more research is needed.

The changes may help explain the link between maternal infection and autism, though more research is needed.

05/16/2023

Cells from two systems act as sentinels in barrier tissues.

Immune cells and pain neurons form complex partnerships to protect our bodies from pathogens, new research reveals.