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We may have been the ones who set cockroaches loose in the classroom. Which makes us thrilled to see ever more creepy-crawlies being enlisted to help democratize neuroscience! A new Arizona State University-led study, released just last month, shows how simple behavioral roach experiments can pair with free, open-source machine learning to make high-level science […] Read Full Post

There’s always a good deal of creativity, laughter and general joie de vivre at our booth, but this year’s SfN (Society for Neuroscience) conference got another layer of novelty: knitted bugs and brains in wheelbarrows. If you’re thinking that we’ve started making 3D knitted swag, you’re in the wrong. These were in fact gifted to […] Read Full Post

There’s something special about our new Chilean interns: They are high schoolers who teach neuroscience to elementary school kids! This is their blog post. Read Full Post

Calls for applications for 2025 Brain Awareness Week are out! Apply by 31st October to get up to $1,250 towards your BAW event that will highlight the importance of neuroscience for our societies. As you may know already, Brain Awareness Week takes place mid-March annually in just about every corner of the planet. In 2025, […] Read Full Post

What follows is a tale of customs adventures, personal legal status in a foreign country, and the history of Serbia and Yugoslavia. We have had the grace to work in Serba a number of times over the past few years, and 2024 was no different. During July, we were invited by the Center for the […] Read Full Post