(Disponível em Português) The expression “sixth sense” is often used to refer to some sort of special intuition that gives people the ability to know and perceive things without using the five traditional senses. […]
Author: Elisa Clemente
A dor: um sexto sentido indispensável?
(Available in English) A expressão “sexto sentido” é usada regularmente para aludir a uma espécie de intuição especial que nos permite saber e percepcionar coisas sem utilizar os cinco sentidos tradicionais. É também o […]
Science Snapshot: Navigating Virtual Worlds
How can virtual reality be used to study how the brain works? In this episode of Science Snapshots, Eugenia Chiappe, head of the Sensorimotor Integration lab at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, explains […]
Science (in)verse: Ben Zarov iv
Science and art inspire each other to create new forms of expression. Here, at Science (in)Verse, we bring an unusual outcome of this encounter: science-inspired poetry. If you are feeling poetic, we welcome contributions! […]
Science snapshot: Run faster, learn better
While trying to figure out how connections between neurons change with experience to give rise to learning, the Neural Circuits and Behaviour Lab accidentally stumbled upon an important finding: the existence of a strong […]
Humans of science: Raphael Steinfeld
Who are today’s scientists? Inspired by the project “Humans of New York”, Ar Magazine turns the spotlight on individual humans of science every month. Name: Raphael Steinfeld Lab: Circuit Dynamics & Computation Project: Dynamics of […]
Lab Comics
Inspired by: the Neuroethology lab. More Lab Comics: From bad to worse Prosocial behaviour (or lack of…) Fish’ take on surrealism About Lab Comics: Serious research can sometimes inspire some seriously silly […]
Lab Comics
Inspired by: Run faster, learn better. More Lab Comics: Prosocial behaviour (or lack of…) Fish’ take on surrealism About Lab Comics: Serious research can sometimes inspire some seriously silly thoughts… We are […]
Tackling the great paradox of biodiversity with game theory
(Disponível em Português) One of the main puzzles of ecology research has been to explain how hundreds, often thousands, of different species coexist on a very limited number of different resources. Scientists in Lisbon, […]
Pode o grande paradoxo da biodiversidade ser resolvido com a ajuda da teoria dos jogos?
(Available in English) Um dos maiores quebra-cabeças da ecologia é perceber como centenas, por vezes milhares de espécies coexistem apesar de o número de recursos diferentes disponíveis ser muito limitado. Cientistas em Lisboa desenvolveram […]