Aaron talks to Dr. Tatiana Foroud about her career and her current work in genetics and genomics. Her work spans from the early days of searching for DNA markers for rare disorders to today's search for genetic causes and potential...

Sean Kelly earned an Sc.B. in Mathematics and Computer Science and an M.S. in Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences from Brown University in 1989. After several years as a graduate student in Logic and Methodology of Science, he finally...

A conversation with Darlene Lim, Principal Investigator on NASA’s Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lave Terrains (BASALT) project.

Sociologist Duncan Watts is a leading researcher and author focusing on social networks and collective dynamics.



He recently left his job as Yahoo’s principal researcher to join Microsoft’s new research lab in New York City....

Van Hartmann teaches English at Manhattanville College. He received an undergraduate degree in history from Stanford University and a doctorate in English from UNC at Chapel Hill. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals. His first...

Bryan Caplan, is Professor of Economics at George Mason University and blogger for EconLog. He is the author of The Myth of the Rational Voter, named "the best political book of the year" by the New York Times, Selfish Reasons to Have...

We're up all night to get data, y'all! This parody music video was created in collaboration with other UCSD students as a promotion for a party that was taking place after SfN. It got a surprising amount of attention back then, and it...

This is How Easy It Is to Lie With Statistics

Alan Kapuler is a well-educated man, both in a formal academic sense, and also from a lifetime of hands-on work as an organic plant breeder: planting, breeding, and cataloging his vast collection of open pollinated seeds.

NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir talks about her path to becoming an astronaut, her education in biology and space, her research studying marine mammals and birds in Antarctica, and her training to prepare for her first space mission. HWHAP...

Jose B. Gonzalez is one of the most sought after speakers in the U.S today. He was born in San Salvador, El Salvador and immigrated to New London, Connecticut at the age of eight. He knew no English and now holds a Ph.D. in English....

This video is an educational introduction to the field of archaeology. It explains the definition and discusses the importance of artifacts in understanding the daily lives, beliefs, and values of past civilizations. It also explores the...

We hope you enjoy this totally-accurate-not-at-all-made-up glimpse into what it's like to be a neuroscience graduate student. Seriously though, this was a lot of fun to create!

Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 - 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. His philosophies seem to transcend ego,...

Jeffrey Ogbonna Green Ogbar was born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, California. He received his BA in History from Morehouse College in Atlanta. He earned his MA and Ph.D. in U.S. History with a minor in African studies from...

What does a geneticist do? All kinds of stuff with genes, of course! Alex Dainis has a PhD in genetics, and she loves talking about her experience in graduate school, from the challenges of working in the lab to what it means to do...

John T. Jost is Professor of Psychology and Politics and Co-Director of the Center for Social and Political Behavior at New York University. His research, which addresses stereotyping, prejudice, political ideology, and system...