Microbiology
A Remote-Controlled Carnivorous Plant?
Researchers design an artificial neuron that can trigger closure of a Venus flytrap.
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Evolution
3 Cosmic Mysteries--No. 3
What are some of the most intriguing and unexpected puzzles about the universe?
Evolution
Is Zika How Humanity Ends?
Probably not, but pathogens that damage brains may earn a special place in cosmic hell
Mind & Brain
Blood Test Tells How Long Concussion Symptoms Will Last
The Sunday after Thanksgiving last year proved tragic for family and friends of 22-year-old Kosta Karageorge. The defensive tackle for the Ohio State Buckeyes was found dead that day after apparently shooting himself in the head...
Mind & Brain
Simply Shining a Light Can Reveal the Brain's Structure
This blog is the fifth in a series of guest posts on technology and the brain to celebrate Scientific American Mind’s 10-year anniversary.
Cognition
A Hubble Telescope for the Mind
This blog is the second in a series of guest posts on technology and the brain to celebrate Scientific American Mind’s 10-year anniversary.
The 11-Foot Long Neuron
Eleven feet of cement and doll hair, Spike by Julia Buntaine is not only an idea, but an idea conductor writ large. By forcing visitors to walk around an art object so huge and heavy, to take in its undeniable presence, Buntaine creates a proportional importance in space as the neuron does in our lives...
Mind & Brain
Fresh-Made Neurons May Help Sort New Memories from Old Ones [Audio]
The human brain sprouts more than 1,000 new neurons daily. These cells may hold a secret to treating a range of anxiety disorders
Neuroscience
Remember When...How Your Brain Builds A Memory [Video]
// Editor's note: Brain Basics from Scientific American Mind is a series of short video primers on the brain and how we feel, think and act.
The Search for a Nobel Prize-Winning Synapse Machine
2013s Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine honors three researchers in particular – but what it really honors is thirty-plus years of work not only from them, but also from their labs, their graduate students and their collaborators...
Mind & Brain
Integrating Left Brain and Right, on a Computer
As computers have matured over time, the human brain has no way of keeping up with silicon’s rapid-fire calculating abilities. But the human cognitive repertoire extends far beyond just fast calculations...
