How to build a mouse: embryo development captured in stunning detail www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A Minute With Adrian Owen: Reading Minds, Rethinking Consciousness

I caught up with neuroscientist @comadork.bsky.social, who has a new book out and has co-authored a stinging critique of grand theories of consciousness. rogerhighfield.substack.com/p/a-minute-w...

Trust in science has declined globally, according to The @wellcometrust.bsky.social Global Monitor, the world’s largest study into how people think and feel about science, covering more than 140,000 people across 140 countries. wellcome.org/insights/rep...

3D structure of DNA may explain how cephalopods evolved complex brains www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Are grand theories of consciousness a load of cobblers?
A former and a future president of the field's scientific society think so. My take on their new paper in Neuron: rogerhighfield.substack.com/p/are-grand-...

Are grand theories of consciousness a load of cobblers?
A former and a future president of the field's scientific society think so. My take on their new paper in Neuron: rogerhighfield.substack.com/p/are-grand-...

How will IVF fare in the age of AI? rogerhighfield.substack.com/p/what-happe...

How will IVF fare in the age of AI? rogerhighfield.substack.com/p/what-happe...

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”