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How Schizophrenia Resembles the Aging Brain
The search for schizophrenia’s biological basis reveals an unexpected link to cellular changes seen in aging brains.
by Ann Thomas
Reparations for Slavery?
Documenting the history and scope of federal “reparatory compensation.”
by Jonathan Shaw
How the Brain Replays Actions During Sleep
Experiments using a neuroprosthetic reveal nocturnal motor neuron learning.
by Erin O'Donnell
Who Should Drive an Electric Vehicle?
Targeting the wrong buyers—and producing more greenhouse-gas emissions
by Nancy Walecki
Origins of the Urban Housing Crisis
The high costs of environmental, historic-preservation, and other good intentions
by Jonathan Shaw
Does High Blood Sugar Blunt the Benefits of Exercise?
Understanding “low response to training”—and searching for solutions for diabetics and others
by Daniel Oberhaus
Fracking’s Deadly Toll
Harvard researchers find that fracking shortens the lives of elderly Americans living downwind of unconventional oil and gas wells.
by Daniel Oberhaus
Why Aid Cuts Didn’t End Worker Shortages
Why cutting jobless aid during the pandemic didn’t send workers scrambling for work
by Erin O'Donnell
Can Infrastructure Remedy Social Ills?
A Design School class suggests how “social infrastructure” can meet societal needs.
by Nancy Walecki
Authoritarian Regimes’ AI Innovation Advantage
Unfettered access to personal data may give Chinese companies an edge in artificial intelligence.
by Daniel Oberhaus
How the Pandemic Killed the Uninfected
COVID-19’s toll on black patients extends to those who never got the virus.
by Erin O'Donnell