Knowable Magazine, December 14, 2017
Thinking of others enhances your well-being, while selfishness just adds to stress, studies show
A fine time for slime
Knowable Magazine, November 27, 2017
Hagfish repel predators with fast-forming super goop. Scientists are attracted to its potential for biomaterials.
Behaviour: A lookout for luck
Nature, November 9, 2017
Scientists are as sceptical as they come — but many still engage in personal rituals or use totems in the lab and field.
Work-life balance: Break or burn out
Nature, May 17, 2017
Taking time off from work is crucial for avoiding stress and depression, and their potential consequences.
The best-kept secrets to winning grants
Nature, May 24, 2017
With competition for research funding approaching an all-time high, experts reveal their top tips and tricks.
Adding depth to cell culture
Science, April 7, 2017
The jump from two dimensions to three gives researchers a laboratory model that is just one step removed from working with cells in vivo. Technologies and techniques have recently proliferated—such as matrices, scaffolds, and other geometries—to coax cells to grow in a wide array of 3D structures.
Outside the lab: Field your A Team
Nature, March 16, 2017
Life in the field can be gruelling — and so it is up to team leaders to turn the research grind into an adventurous and valuable experience for everyone.
A nagging persistence
Nature Human Behaviour, January 10, 2017
Researchers dig deeper into why the cultural practice of female genital cutting continues — and how best to halt it.
Young, talented and fed-up: scientists tell their stories
Nature, October 26, 2016
Scientists starting labs say that they are under historically high pressure to publish, secure funding and earn permanent positions — leaving precious little time for actual research.
The superhero in your vagina
Mosaic, October 11, 2016
While it’s healthy to have a variety of bacteria in our guts, there’s one place where a single dominant type is best: the vagina. Kendall Powell meets the researchers trying to make the world healthier, one vagina at a time.