Articles by

Yasemin Saplakoglu

How Cells Resist the Pressure of the Deep Sea

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.The bottom of the ocean is cold, dark,...

How the Brain Decides What to Remember

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.György Buzsáki first started tinkering with waves when...

Unpicking the Mystery of the Body’s ‘Second Brain’

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.From the moment you swallow a bite of...

Magnetic Minerals May Have Given Life Its Molecular Asymmetry

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In 1848, when Louis Pasteur was a young...

How Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.On warm summer nights, green lacewings flutter around...

How Your Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions

Memory and perception seem like entirely distinct experiences, and neuroscientists used to be confident that the brain...

This Brain Molecule Decides Which Memories Are Happy—or Terrible

Further evidence of this bias comes from the reaction of the mice when they were first put...