After finding “the one” and getting “in the mood” comes the grand finale, “a happy ending”. In the third and last part of this series on the Neurobiology of Sex, Susana Lima, principal […]
Author: Liad Hollender
The Neurobiology of sex: Being in the mood
In the first part of this 3-part series, Susana Lima, head of the Neuroethology lab at Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, told us about her work on mate choice, a process by which individuals […]
The neurobiology of sex: Finding “The One”
Pleasure, pain, hormones, nature, nurture… There are many players that determine when or even if sex happens. In this short, 3-parts series, Susana Lima, head of the Neuroethology lab at Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in […]
The invisible link
Is there any point in searching for the origin of life when so many diseases are yet to be beaten? What is the point of research? Is it to understand the origin of […]
Pass the salt – Using the fly to understand what drives pregnancy food cravings
What are these mysterious pregnancy food cravings? Why do pregnant women experience them? Is it the body demanding what it needs, or is it just an unhinging of secret yearnings, normally frowned upon […]
Bonsai: the art of creating new worlds
What does Bonsai, the Japanese art form of carefully shaping miniature trees have to do with scientific research? For Gonçalo Lopes, a graduate student at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Bonsai perfectly […]