Stories by laurex

Insomnia, Dreams, and the Neuroscience of Slumber

Chances are, you’re not as open-minded as you think

There's more to smell than meets the nose

Scientists map our underappreciated ‘little brain’

How do brains remember decisions?

Brain protein mutation from autistic person causes autism-like behavior in mice

My Frantic Life as a Cab-Dodging, Tip-Chasing Food App Deliveryman

When you’re one of ‘the olds’ in an industry that values youth

An Electric “Humm” to Make You Smarter?

Why Are These Mice Hallucinating? Scientists Are in Their Heads

Online Dating Is an Existential Nightmare

'Corn Sweat' and Summer Humidity

Sugar Rules the World and Ruins Teeth

Sugar Rules the World and Ruins Teeth

How Neighbourhoods Are Built to Keep Out Single Women

Don’t Understand Moronic Bromides (In Scientific Acronyms)?

Neural substrates of sexual arousal are not sex dependent

Where the Bodies Are Buried

Perhaps the best dinosaur fossil ever discovered. Why has hardly anyone seen it?

Behold, the Millennial Nuns