Lisa Conti
Lisa Conti trained at the University of California, Santa Barbara as a scientist in the molecular, cellular and developmental biology department and worked at UCSB as a postdoctoral fellow and project scientist. She is currently staying home with her two children and working as a freelance science writer.
Star Light Star Bright
Research starring brain cells known as astrocytes uncovers a pathway that allows mental acuity to lie alongside sleep deprivation.
Mice in the Ivory Tower
Some mice residing in universities (university laboratories in particular) might be smarter than their street savvy counterparts.
Puzzling Together Muscle Structure
New research on mice shows that without an anchoring protein, called ankyrin, muscle cells would shred when used. Yikes.
Project Keeps Sky Watchers in Eternal Dark
Surveillance around the clock is offered to schoolchildren and astrophysicists via Internet-linked telescopes
girding the globe.
David’s Mirror: Illusions and Pain Perception
A mirror and massage curtail pain in a case where strong and dangerous pain drugs had failed.
A New Leaf: Making Paper From Weeds
An invasive ecological bad guy may be able to paper over his evil ways and absorb some carbon as well.
Sexy Impulses: Treating Multiple Sclerosis with Hormones
Hormones increasingly are shown to affect brain functions, and now they may battle MS symptoms, too.
Naked Pleasure
Researchers analyze oxytocin levels in naked mole rats to better understand their unique social behavior.
Profile of a Pimple
Of all the human diseases, you’d think that acne would be an easy one to give mice — not so much.
Caffeine Adds Life (to Yeast)
Scientists are getting a better idea of how coffee might extend human life spans. Hint: It might follow the same path to immortality as eating less.
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The wage gap between the sexes in America has been closing much faster than anyone realized, but that’s tempered by learning it’s been much wider than measurements had shown.
‘Orcas as Slaves’ Argument Sinks
An effort to identify five performing orcas as slaves failed in part, argues one scholar, because there’s no legal precedent establishing them as persons.
The Perceived Delicacy of the Female Conductor
New research finds listeners judge symphonic music differently when they’re told the conductor is a woman.
House Puts Transportation in Partisan Crossfire
Transportation used to be one of the few guaranteed areas of agreement when ideology trumped pragmatism in D.C. But that’s no longer the case.
Pressure to Conform Can Inspire Creativity
New research suggests less-creative people do more innovative thinking when they are told individualism is the norm, and instructed to conform.
Better Super Bowl Makes for Better Ads
A lot of people say they watch the Super Bowl mostly for the ads. But it turns out a good game surrounding those ads makes them seem better.
Overseas Troops Finally Get Fair Shot at Voting
After decades of obstacles hindering the voting process, new laws will allow overseas and military voters to submit their votes in time for the 2012 election.
Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected No More?
World health leaders announce coordinated push to eradicate or control neglected tropical diseases.
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A survey of award-winning children’s picture books from 1938 to 2008 suggests our increasing estrangement from the natural environment.
Traffic Solution: Make Drivers Less Lonely
Rather than moaning about too many cars on the road, the Ridesharing Institute says the real key to battling traffic congestion and pollution is filling empty passenger seats.
