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 […]
Author: Liad Hollender
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 […]