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Neuroscience

November 19, 2025

Scientists Pinpoint the Moment of Decision in the Rat Brain By Rachel Tompa

By studying how rats make choices, researchers hope to reveal the basic principles of decision-making — insights that could eventually help explain how the human brain does the same.

Flatiron Institute

November 17, 2025

From Ring to Keyhole: Modeling How Tissues Mold the Fruit Fly’s Gut By Jane Beaufore

An animated GIF that shows the morphogenesis of the hindgut primordium of a fruit fly.

Science, Society & Culture

November 12, 2025

Watch: Exploring Ecology, Community and Connection in the Bay Area By Peri Lund

Center for Computational Astrophysics

November 10, 2025

Mysterious ‘Impossible’ Merger of Two Massive Black Holes Explained Mara Johnson-Groh

A computer simulation of a black hole, its jet and the surrounding disk and winds.

Simons Society of Fellows

November 07, 2025

Leslie Sibener and How Our Brains Choose Which Memories to Keep By Marcus Banks

Flatiron Institute

November 04, 2025

Meet Denario — An AI Assistant for Every Step of the Scientific Process By Jane Beaufore

Illustration of researchers working at a computer surrounded by helpful modules and agents, depicted as floating cubes

Neuroscience

October 23, 2025

Mapping Mouse Brains Points to How Autism Can Affect Expectation Updating By Jane Beaufore

An illustration of a person looking at a vase of flowers and a cup of tea.

Science, Society & Culture

September 15, 2025

Watch: Turning El Paso, Texas, Into the World’s Science Mural Capital By Peri Lund

Person standing in front of window; person standing at an easel; woman sitting on a bench