COVID’s unwitting enablers?
New research flags unexpected cells in lungs as a suspected source of severe COVID
Bruce Goldman
Why is a common gene variant bad for your brain?
The answer offers clues for a new kind of Alzheimer’s drug
The bigger the bucks, the bigger the (dopamine) bang
One reason we make bad decisions
Autoimmunity’s XX factor
Molecule can set off immune response in women
Where is ‘I’
The physical sense of self has been localized
Can we get along?
Humans versus artificial intelligence
Special delivery
mRNA moves past COVID-19
COVID-fat connection
Ability of virus to infect fat tissue might explain why obesity raises risk of severe disease
Brain cells gone bad
An explanation for how normally benevolent brain cells called astrocytes turn ruthless and destroy injured neurons
The mind-mucus connection
When phlegm runs amok, it can be life-threatening. Neuroscience know-how offers a way to put a cork in it.