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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Testing a newborn for phenylketonuria. Photo: Wikipedia
Genetically Modified Children
Science can engineer babies, but we’re not ready
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Vaccines: Safe and Effective?
As the conflict between the anti-vax movement and public health establishment over the safety of vaccines has escalated, the discussion has devolved from hard science into rhetoric on both sides.
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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.