Roberta McLain
Science Writer
Why Do We Dream? Maybe to Ensure We Can Literally ‘See’ the World upon Awakening
A theory holds that dreams are a way for the visual cortex of the brain to “defend its turf” against being “taken over” to process inputs from other senses
Uncivil Political Discourse
Neuropolitics and the evolution of political differences
The evolution of blinking has eluded the research archives. Enter the
mudskipper
One tip-off that blinking is a terrestrial adaptation: The
changes that occur as a mudskipper transforms from its
juvenile stage to its amphibious adult stage
New Cardio-Obstetrics Clinic in
Bloomfield targets trends of heart
disease in pregnant women
CPR saves lives; Damar Hamlin is high-profile proof
Pitt modeling shows potential to unlock many medical mysteries
Developed in Mo Ebrahimkhani’s lab at the Pitt Medical School, the model reverse-engineers human cells—such as from skin—into stem cells
Peripheral vision and what we can see in the dark
Our eyes can sometimes play tricks on us. Where rods and cones sit in our retinas plays a role
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