Brazilian science, who would have thought, has an advantage – 04/16/2024 – Suzana Herculano-Houzel
I had a revelation recently. No, the scientific research financing system in Brazil did not suddenly become wonderful in my...
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What to expect from treatment for Alzheimer’s – 03/04/2024 – Suzana Herculano-Houzel
How do you treat a disease when scientists can't even agree on what the disease is? Without a precise definition,...
The delight of asking questions in India – 01/22/2024 – Suzana Herculano-Houzel
I wrote here that data — facts that the post-internet world has learned to collect and compile a lot of...
Suzana Herculano-Houzel creates bilingual neuroscience website – 12/28/2023 – Mônica Bergamo
The neuroscientist, biologist and columnist for Sheet Suzana Herculano-Houzel launched a bilingual website, in Portuguese and English, to talk about...
The most valuable gift of all is free time – 12/25/2023 – Suzana Herculano-Houzel
The world is going down the drain. Broken democracies, economic liberalism that only serves the richest, extremes of temperature and...
Fish receive genetic alteration associated with autism – 12/11/2023 – Suzana Herculano-Houzel
I find it astonishing that most people are neurologically "normal", statistically speaking: 95% of people focus their existence on a...
Another human non-specialty: menopause – 10/30/2023 – Suzana Herculano-Houzel
I have to control myself not to roll my eyes when they come to me with the old chant about...
My heart hurts in my shoulder – 10/16/2023 – Suzana Herculano-Houzel
“Can it be without anesthesia?” I asked my cardiologist. Our relationship had just been "promoted", as he put it: I...
Take a deep breath against anxiety – 10/02/2023 – Suzana Herculano-Houzel
I suffer from chronic anxiety. My hippocampus, full of interesting problems to be solved, is hyperactive, ringing all kinds of...
Being brushed is not only soothing but delicious; and vice versa – 09/04/2023 – Suzana Herculano-Houzel
"Do you mind brushing me up?" my new boyfriend asked me. "Your hair?" –he has long, beautiful gray hair, so...
Neuroscience at the service of the coexistence of dogs and cats – 08/21/2023 – Suzana Herculano-Houzel
I already had a Great Dane, Archibald, and a fluffy white mix with Labradoodle and Sheepdog hints that I named...
I don’t know when to stop – 07/12/2023 – Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Another transatlantic flight, another six hours of uninterrupted work. Strapped to a chair, with no options but to go to...
