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Rat Lessons On Human Behavior

Neuroscience
Behavior
PTSD
Scientist on the Block
As the bright white rat looked up at the camera and froze, I started my stopwatch. His body halted all movement, frozen in time for 1, 2, 3,…9 seconds before wandering to…
Aug 22, 2025
Marcel El Kouri

Happy July 4th!

July 4th
US Independence Day
Research Funding

We recently asked scientists why they are proud to do taxpayer-funded scientific research in the US. In their answers, we hope that you, too, can feel some American pride in science this July 4th.

Jul 4, 2025
Scientists in Your Neighborhood

From Pipette Tips to Pandemic Surveillance: A Scientist’s Evolution

Microbiology
Epidemiology
Wastewater Surveillance
Family
When you grow up with parents working in specialized fields, you usually take one of two paths: veer off in a totally different direction or follow in their footsteps. I…
Jun 23, 2025
Ruchi Korde

When the air we breathe is unfriendly

Air Quality
Asthma
Environment

and how science can help us understand asthma

Jun 9, 2025
Lizbeth F. Gómez, PhD, MPH

Timing is everything: how circadian clocks shape our health

Circadian Rhythms
Biological Clocks
Basic Science

…and why funding basic science research can’t wait!

May 9, 2025
Ronan Lordan, PhD, MA

Vax to the future: building a healthier tomorrow with vaccines

Vaccines
Public Health
History
Quiz time: What has been rigorously tested since 1796, extensively peer-reviewed, and saved over 154 million lives in the past 50 years alone? And the answer is—vaccines!…
Apr 25, 2025
Alyssa Maturen-Backlas, MSc

Why I love the science I do: the magic of unlocking the secrets of our bodies

Curiosity
Immunology
Community
Science Joy
There’s a special feeling that comes with every discovery in science, but for me, that joy started long before I even realized it would become my life’s work. It began with…
Apr 4, 2025
Francesca Costabile, PhD

Worms and Flies and Fungi, Oh My

Basic Science
Model Organisms
History

How Basic Science Research Has Transformed Our Understanding of Human Health and Disease

Mar 14, 2025
Mikel D. Haggadone, PhD

NIH Intramural Research: from my first job to saving my mom’s life

NIH
Clinical Trials
Family
On May 25, 2023, I held my mom’s hand while she signed consent forms to enroll as the 94th patient in a clinical trial at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). We were…
Feb 28, 2025
Brooke Wolford

Introducing Your Neighborhood Scientist

Intro
Policy

Launching an initiative to cultivate community-based conversations about science, science policy, and scientists

Feb 23, 2025
Audrey Drotos
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