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Senior Editor, Scientific American

Controversial new guidelines would diagnose Alzheimer's before symptoms appear. Great story in @sciam by @laurahercher on the shifting Alzheimer's landscape. scientificamerican.com/article/contro…


For many years, happiness was depicted as a big "U." Contentment was high in early adulthood, only to fall at midlife and pick up again in later years. That is no longer true. The early years are now the unhappiest: scientificamerican.com/article/young-…


An emerging science of advanced meditation could transform mental health and our understanding of consciousness on @sciam by @matthewsacchet and @judbrewer scientificamerican.com/article/advanc…


Advanced forms of meditation radically alter consciousness and even our basic sense of self, a feature by Matthew Sacchet and Judson Brewer in the July-August issue of @sciam. scientificamerican.com/article/advanc…


A fantastic story by @EmilyRMakowski, a copy editor and fact checker at @sciam. Emily wrote a superb piece on ticker-tape synesthesia, which is something she has experienced since the time she learned to read. scientificamerican.com/article/my-syn…


How far are we from a machine that is actually conscious? Read Christof Koch in @sciam on what it "feels" like to be a chatbot. scientificamerican.com/article/what-d…


In some states, punitive drug laws require physicians to report someone who is pregnant who has a substance use disorder, leading to the removal of their child after birth. By @sarafnovak in @sciam. scientificamerican.com/article/dracon…


You can't imagine the future without memories of what has already happened. So it makes sense that researchers have found that the locus of imagination resides in the hippocampus, the brain's memory hub. By @iwickelgren in @sciam scientificamerican.com/article/where-…


Not too long after people got access to cuneiform writing and clay tablets almost 5000 years ago, they started writing about kissing. Read @sipappas in @sciam who writes about the ancients' kissing and telling all about it. scientificamerican.com/article/the-fi…


Want to get inspiration for new ideas from your dreams like Thomas Edison and Salvador Dali? Check out this dream research—with a DIY component—conducted by world-class sleep researchers. By @iwickelgren in @sciam scientificamerican.com/article/heres-…


John Horgan's new site—the go-to place for everything Horganism. You'll never go for an annual checkup ever again. johnhorgan.org


Researchers explore the link between cannabis and schizophrenia across the whole Danish population. My story in @sciam scientificamerican.com/article/heavy-…


50,000 worms tangled up in a ball unravel in an explosive burst when a predator appears—the math and physics of worm balls will prove a boon for knot tyers, theorists and enthusiasts of every type of entanglement. By @jacktamasiea in @sciam scientificamerican.com/article/50-000…


Just in time for #WorldPenguinDay: A story on Thirteen Ways (and More) of Looking at a Penguin in @sciam by @SimonMakin. We think of what the simple word "penguin" is like in 10 to 30 different ways, a study shows. scientificamerican.com/article/people…


A neurologist describes how his team's research came to the bold conclusion that a pillar of neuroscience—the classic homunculus, the "little man" in the brain—is ready for retirement. An opinion essay by @ndosenbach in @sciam scientificamerican.com/article/how-ou…


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