Caitlin Kirkwood is a Ph.D. candidate in neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh, where she received a B.S.E. in bioengineering in 2009. Her translational research focuses on molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer disease and psychosis. Caitlin is the author of the science blog The Synaptic Scoop. You can follow her on Twitter @SynapticScoop and on Facebook.
Why We Are Not Getting Enough Sleep
Glorious, refreshing sleep is eluding the majority of Americans. According to the National Sleep Foundation’s2013 International Bedroom Poll 56 percent of people between the ages of 25 and 55 get an insufficient amount of sleep on workdays.
Tricking Taste Buds but Not the Brain: Artificial Sweeteners Change Brain’s Pleasure Response to Sweet
Do NOT EAT the chemicals. It is the #1 laboratory safety rule young scientists learn to never break and for good reason; it keeps lab citizens alive and unscathed.