CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: expert explains

Establishing Boundaries for Teaching Assistants

5/17/2024

Ed Himelblau, author of The Teaching Assistant’s Guide, describes boundaries for teaching assistants and how to set them in a new article featured in Inside Higher Ed. Read the story »

How do plants know when to flower?

5/18/2018

Colorful flowers are a sure sign of spring. But how do flowering plants know that it is time to bloom? Read the story »

Is confidence measurable?

5/16/2017

Confidence is “not just a feeling,” according to neuroscientist Adam Kepecs. Finding the confidence-calculating circuitry in our brains has huge. Read the story »

Can we understand memories at the molecular level?

3/13/2017

Memories may seem intangible, but many scientists are working to figure out how they are physically stored in the brain. To achieve this, we’ll need. Read the story »

What’s the connection between antioxidants and cancer?

10/14/2016

David Tuveson discusses the relationship between antioxidants and cancer, and how the former doesn't necessarily prevent the latter. Read the story »

Why is autism more common in boys?

4/29/2016

Ivan Iossifov talks about some of the reasons why autism disproportionately effects boys on a genetic level. Read the story »

What do autism “risk genes” do?

4/21/2016

A discussion with Ivan Iossifov with what exactly the term "risk genes" means and what they do. Read the story »

How many autism “risk genes” have scientists found?

4/14/2016

A look at the research which points to the different genes potentially at the root of autism. Read the story »

Where does autism come from when it doesn’t run in the family?

4/7/2016

Associate Professor Ivan Iossifov discusses how parents who are not autistic can pass autism onto their children through their genes. Read the story »

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