Guy Schaffer wanted to understand the brain, but the only job he could find was in a monkey lab—a lab where a monkey attack led to a deeper set of crises.
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Motion-Induced Blindness
Cognitive neuroscientist David Carmel experiences the consequences of intrigue and ambition in the lab, while studying the phenomenon of motion-induced blindness.
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Confirmation Bias & the Assessment of College Relationships
As a student, Eric Noah Feldman conducts two simultaneous experiments: one grant-funded research on the effects of gaseous nitric oxide on bees, the other on whether he and his neuroscientist girlfriend will last the summer sharing the same apartment.
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From the Orphanage to the Lab
Tom Haines went from a childhood spent in an orphanage during the 1930s and '40s to the head of the biochemistry department at City College, where he'd leave a lasting mark. All it took was a fly, a piano, and a little protozoan algae.
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Working in the Shadow of the Bomb
Story Collider Founder and Producer Ben Lillie reveals the secret ritual every theoretical high-energy physicist must go through, a ritual that brought him to a 7-Eleven parking lot on a chilly March night five years ago.
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What Science Owes the Rodeo
The ratio of scientists to cattle in Runge, Texas, is one to thousands, Shelley DuBois writes. That one scientist is her father. In this remarkable tribute, Shelley tells the story of how her father went from wrangling cattle in the South Texas desert to researching cancer and traveling the world.
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