After sustaining two major head injuries in only four days, 23 year old Pittsburgh Penguin’s captain Sidney Crosby is prohibited from playing for at least the next month, if not [...]

A brief, simplified overview on one of nature’s most blissful and universal gifts: Laughter. Here we cover the emergent properties of laughter, the possible underlying neurobiology, and its adaptive use and benefit.

Learn how animals use this fascinating yet under-researched sixth sense in a variety of behaviors.

First identified in a New York cave in February 2006, White nose syndrome (WNS) has since devastated over one million bats in ten different northeastern U.S. states (including our very [...]

One of the greatest advantages of attending a large research university is the various seminars, lectures, and events held by both our current faculty and guest speakers. However, these events [...]

I feel as though it is my duty to encourage readers to gain scientific knowledge both passively– by reading articles, or a textbook, and most importantly, actively– by directly experiencing [...]