The most recent Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was shared among John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser, and Edvard Moser for their work on how animals know where in the world they are, and what cells in the brain contribute to this inner map. However, their longstanding views of how these neurons work are not the whole story.
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Testing a newborn for phenylketonuria. Photo: Wikipedia
Genetically Modified Children
Science can engineer babies, but we’re not ready
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Vaccines: Safe and Effective?
As the conflict between the anti-vax movement and public health establishment over the safety of vaccines has escalated, the discussion has devolved from hard science into rhetoric on both sides.
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