The most recent Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was shared among John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser, and Edvard Moser for their work on how animals know where in the world they are, and what cells in the brain contribute to this inner map. However, their longstanding views of how these neurons work are not the whole story.
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“He studies the possibility that any given catastrophe will be the end of human civilization…a viral pandemic, alien invasion, things like that.”
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The history of science is full of examples of discovery, both intentional and accidental. But how do scientists study subject matter incapable of being explained by simple models? And additionally, if science can produce favorable results (say, in the clinic), to what extent does it matter whether or not the results can be fully explained? Here, Siddhant Iyer outlines the ways in which scientists may study as-of-yet unexplained phenomena and argues for a framework involving the use of complex models while also acknowledging limitations.