
Daisy Yuhas
Editor at Scientific American
Author of the Kids' Field Guide to Birds; Contributing Editor for @_TheTransmitter & @SciAm Mind Matters (rarely on social but trying to get better!)
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2 weeks ago |
publichealthwatch.org | Daisy Yuhas
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS — In this roughly 100-mile stretch of citrus groves and palm-fringed neighborhoods along the Mexican border, a preventable disease continues to take an outsize toll on Latina women. Every year in the Rio Grande Valley — where more than 90% of residents are Hispanic and more than a quarter live in poverty — at least 75 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer on average each year, according to data from the National Cancer Institute. About two dozen die from it each year.
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1 month ago |
thetransmitter.org | Daisy Yuhas
SEATTLE—From 30 April to 3 May, nearly 2,300 attendees from more than 50 countries gathered at the Seattle Convention Center for the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) annual meeting to discuss the latest scientific advances in autism research.
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Jan 7, 2025 |
thetransmitter.org | Jill Adams |Daisy Yuhas
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 6 January. By Contributing writer Share this article: Tags: Spectrum, Autism, Science and society, Spotted A neurodevelopmental condition arising from TAOK2 gene variants shares some characteristics—including autism—with that arising from TAOK1 variants, but there are differences as well.
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Dec 22, 2024 |
thetransmitter.org | Daisy Yuhas
As our favorite articles from this year attest, 2024 was a year for self-reflection in the autism field. Scholars pushed one another to rethink the utility of popular concepts and tools, such as prototypicality and the “Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test.” They considered lessons learned in their efforts to build a more globally inclusive scientific community.
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Nov 14, 2024 |
thetransmitter.org | Charles Choi |Jill Adams |Daisy Yuhas |Ivan Oransky
Long-range connections between the amygdala, which helps process emotions, and cortical regions that power cognition help us manage our behavior and navigate social interactions. Now scientists have identified genes that direct developing neurons in the amygdala and its surrounding areas to forge these vital connections.
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