Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom.
Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom.
Jay Falk is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Colorado who studies the white-necked jacobin, a hummingbird that lives in Central and South America. His postdoctoral research fellowship from the National Science Foundation was canceled in April.
Scientists have measured the molecular damage that accumulated in the eyes, ears and eggs of bowhead whales and found more evidence of extraordinary longevity. They are estimated to live up to 268 years.
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