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Yasemin Saplakoglu

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Evolution

Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice

May 11, 2025 7:00 AM

Cultured Mind

Could Humans Have a Brain Microbiome?

Jan 5, 2025 7:00 AM

Under Pressure

How Cells Resist the Pressure of the Deep Sea

Oct 20, 2024 7:00 AM

Power Naps

How the Brain Decides What to Remember

Jul 7, 2024 7:00 AM

Gut Decisions

Unpicking the Mystery of the Body’s ‘Second Brain’

Jan 14, 2024 8:00 AM

Going Chiral

Magnetic Minerals May Have Given Life Its Molecular Asymmetry

Oct 15, 2023 8:00 AM

Fleeting Memories

How Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis

Oct 1, 2023 8:00 AM

Reality Check

Is It Real or Imagined? Here’s How Your Brain Tells the Difference

Aug 27, 2023 8:00 AM

A Snail Tale

Old Memories Can Prime Brains to Make New Ones

Jul 9, 2023 8:00 AM

Generation Gap

A New Study Reveals the Traits That Speed Up Evolution

May 14, 2023 8:00 AM

Gut Instinct

The Biggest Microbiome Study Sheds Light on Shared Health Risks

Apr 16, 2023 8:00 AM

Mind's Eye

How Your Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions

Jan 8, 2023 8:00 AM

Neuroscience

This Brain Molecule Decides Which Memories Are Happy—or Terrible

Oct 30, 2022 8:00 AM

Shore Thing

Reshuffled Rivers Bolster the Amazon’s Hyper-Biodiversity

Jun 12, 2022 8:00 AM

Synthetic Biology

Could Life Use a Longer Genetic Code? Maybe, but It’s Unlikely

May 15, 2022 8:00 AM

Guiding Light

Mitochondria Double as Tiny Lenses in the Eye

Apr 24, 2022 8:00 AM

Astrobiology

Peptides on Stardust May Have Provided a Shortcut to Life

Apr 3, 2022 8:00 AM

Remember This

Scientists Watch a Memory Form in a Living Brain

Mar 20, 2022 8:00 AM

Digital Double

The Most Complete Simulation of a Cell Probes Life’s Hidden Rules

Mar 6, 2022 8:00 AM