By Conor Doolin The brain is an extremely complex system that can perform a huge variety of tasks. Deep learning systems use data and...

By Emily Mynar To much of the world, Paris is seen as the center of European culture. The city is the world’s top tourist destination,...

By Anna Riordan Have you ever wanted to experience the weird, wonderful sensation of synesthesia? Synesthesia is a condition where...

By Morgan Guthrie and Reese Green Fresh out of UVM’s own Neuroscience PhD program, Dr. Patrick Mullen quickly transitioned from student...

By Ava Williams Leaf peeping, costumes, and a whole grocery aisle of pumpkin spice flavored goods mark the beginning of the Halloween...

By Lydia Tate Around Halloween, thoughts of spooky creatures like ghosts, vampires, and zombies haunt our minds. As humans, we can rest...

By Anna Rees Consciousness is a challenging thing to define, and its edges become especially fuzzy when we take a look at extraordinary...

By Maryann Makosiej Circa 2015, the image of a black and blue (or perhaps gold and white?) dress went viral on the Internet. Talk shows,...

By Morgan Guthrie Have you ever wondered if color affects pain perception? As it turns out, there are certain colors that elicit changes...

By Katharine Santiago The use of drugs and alcohol in college is seen as a normal part of the experience, but a lot of times the line...

By Alex Hepp The Apple iPad and iPencil make it possible to have access to an online platform while still being able to take handwritten...

Art by Jake Upton By Alex Hepp In the last several decades, new techniques for biological applications of genetic editing have arisen,...

By Katharine Santiago We have all heard about people seeing faces in toast, whether the story comes from a friend or a TV show, it is...

By Claire Deckers Imagine looking in the mirror and not recognizing the face looking back at you, or trying to find a close friend, but...

by Marlena Tyldesley My junior year of high school, I got the flu. I was sick for about a week and then began to feel abnormally sleepy,...

By Katharine Santiago Every individual differs in terms of their genetic make-up. This has consequences in many areas of study, but it...

By Claire Deckers Longstanding societal stereotypes paint women as being emotional and irrational creatures that are largely controlled...

By Jenn Cook As of 2017, type-2 diabetes (T2D) accounted for 91.2% of individuals diagnosed with diabetes in America. It is the more...

By Nick Fontaine During my time here at UVM, I have been lucky enough to work in the lab of Dr. Hugh Garavan for three years. The...

By Nick Fontaine There are many pseudoscientific factoids that get passed around until they become general public knowledge. As a person...