Neurosciences in the News
The field of neuroscience has been undergoing explosive growth within the last several years. As of 2008, The Society for Neuroscience has about 38,000 members and membership has been growing exponentially. Much of the work in the neurosciences is reported in scientific journals and thus you probably would never come across it unless you intentionally sought it out. In contrast, there is a great deal of neuroscience-related material that appears right under your nose, in your local newspaper. You probably never paid much attention before, but now, since you are taking Neurobiology, you have a voracious interest in the neurosciences (right!!!!!!). In case you have not acheived your coffee-induced caffeine buzz before you read the morning paper, the site below is wide awake and always searching for journalistic gems. I used to compile the articles myself, but this site does just as good of a job (even if they did steal my title). The articles are nice since they highlight the practical significance of the findings (although misinterpretations and exaggerations sometimes occur).
If you would like to check out an alternative site
(no, by alternative I don't mean it's kinky or anything) for
neuroscience news, try the link below. It's gives you the
headlines from the previous
week, with a summary, and a link to the full text of the article.
However, it doesn't provide any interpretation like the site
above.
Check this site occassionally for future updates.