Comics

Illustration shows a physician analyzing MRI brain scans.

Seeking a better test for Alzheimer’s

New blood assays and brain scans are among the biomarkers revolutionizing clinical trials and changing the way researchers think of the disease. They may soon change the way patients are treated as well.

Photo shows a detail of an artwork from Jennifer Angus’s Wonder(ing) exhibit, on display in 2018 at the Allen Priebe Art Gallery of the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh.

Living World

The alien beauty and creepy fascination of insect art

Through history and across cultures, insects have inspired artists and challenged viewers to shift their perspective

Health & Disease

How the pandemic could change architecture

COMIC: Covid-19 has inspired a rethink of how we design and use our built environments

Conceptual illustration shows nerve cells on a background of blue.

Health & Disease

Loss of smell, confusion, strokes: Does Covid-19 target the nervous system?

Reports of patients with neurological symptoms have emerged during the pandemic. Scientists don’t yet know whether these are a direct effect of the virus or part of the body’s response to infection.

A cartoon of a man sitting on a chair. He is breathing in and out. You can see his lungs expand and contract.

The Mind

The vital crosstalk between breath and brain

The rhythm of respiration influences a wide range of behaviors, as well as cognition and emotion. Neuroscientists are piecing together how it all works.

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