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I followed the money and learned that Jeffrey Epstein + Gates Foundation + Templeton Foundation paid for over a dozen science papers

In academic papers, Jeffrey Epstein was publicly thanked as a source of support (science-speak for funding).

Some of the neuroscience research discussed in the Epstein files is downright nefarious.

Donald Hebb’s influential concept “neurons that fire together, wire together” explains the biological basis of learning and memory.

Whether as a gatherer, reporter, or consumer of news, journalism can lead to vicarious trauma and PTSD.

The neuroscience of journalism – both from the readers’ and reporters’ perspectives – is woefully understudied.

Sheeva Azma explains how ChatGPT works.

Read Army veteran Matthew Bow’s reflections on democracy and governance in the era of social media.

In 1906, two scientists, Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal, won the Nobel Prize for visualizing and drawing nerve cells.

Learn about “neurohacking” in this review of Elizabeth Ricker’s book, Smarter Tomorrow.

Learn about the behavioral economics researchers honored by the Nobel Prize in the Economic Sciences over the years.