Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work
Studying the human brain is difficult because of its vast and intricate network of neural connections. The fruit fly offers a simpler but similar model that researchers can more easily map.
Kristin Scaplen, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Bryant University •
conversation
April 15, 2024 • ~5 min
April 15, 2024 • ~5 min
Tiny crystals capture millions of years of mountain range history – a geologist excavates the Himalayas with a microscope
Measuring the concentration of radioactive elements in a single, sand-size crystal reveals the growth of the Himalayan mountain range over time.
Matthew J. Kohn, Professor of Geosciences, Boise State University
• conversation
April 9, 2024 • ~5 min
April 9, 2024 • ~5 min
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