Tim Requarth

New York

Science Writer and Educator at Freelance

Contributing Writer at Slate

contributing writer @Slate. Also seen: @nytimes @theatlantic &c. Neuroscience prof, NYU. Electric fish enthusiast ⚡️

Articles

Teaching students how to use AI responsibly

5 days ago | thetransmitter.org | Tim Requarth

“Can we really not detect AI use? What counts as plagiarism? What should I have said in my syllabus?” This panicked email from a colleague, about a suspected case of artificial-intelligence use by a student, captures the uncertainty many professors face as they grapple with how this technology is disrupting traditional writing assignments in their classrooms.
Many students want to learn to use artificial intelligence responsibly. But their professors are struggling to meet that need.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Tim Requarth

NowWill AI replace doctors? A year ago, most physicians would’ve confidently answered “no.” Medicine, they’d argue, is too complex, too personal, too human to be handled by machines, no matter how advanced. Now, that confidence is starting to waver. Physicians, like other highly educated workers, are …
Keeping it personal: How to preserve your voice when using AI

Mar 3, 2025 | thetransmitter.org | Tim Requarth

Director of graduate science writing, Research Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology NYU Grossman School of Medicine Share this article: Tags: From bench to bot, Artificial intelligence, Craft and careers “It has not escaped our notice,” wrote James Watson and Francis Crick in one of the most famous conclusions ever to appear in the scientific literature, “that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material.”...
Cerebellum structure; AMPA receptors; MAGEL2 gene

Oct 29, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Jill Adams |Charles Choi |Claudia Lopez Lloreda |Tim Requarth

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 28 October. Contributing writer Share this article: Tags: Spectrum, Autism, Science and society, Spotted Altered cerebellar and cortical structures in autistic children are related and may give rise to changes in functional connectivity with maturation. Spectrum has previously reported on cerebellum size and neurodevelopmental conditions.
Widely distributed brain areas sync to orchestrate decisions in rodents

Oct 29, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Claudia Lopez Lloreda |Jill Adams |Angie Voyles Askham |Tim Requarth

Choosing what ice cream to buy may take only a couple of seconds. But in the moments between seeing dozens of flavors and selecting chocolate, a flurry of activity courses through a person’s brain. This decision-making surge flows across multiple brain areas in parallel as information guiding the choice—the taste or color of each flavor—accumulates, two new independent studies in rodents suggest.
Decision-making

Oct 29, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Claudia Lopez Lloreda |Angie Voyles Askham |Jill Adams |Tim Requarth

Explore more from The Transmitter Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 28 October. Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 28 October. By To draft the most effective prompt, assume the stance of teacher. To draft the most effective prompt, assume the stance of teacher.
From bench to bot: How important is prompt engineering?

Oct 27, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Tim Requarth |Paul Middlebrooks |Angie Voyles Askham

Shortly after ChatGPT hit the public consciousness, The Atlantic declared that prompting, or interacting with artificial intelligence to get the response you desire, will be “The Most Important Job Skill of This Century.” Companies offer salaries along the lines of $300K for “prompt engineers.” And a new species of internet influencer, the prompt guru, emerged to clutter social media feeds with impossibly complex instructions for AI chatbots guaranteed to “10x productivity.” Although it’s...
Ketamine targets lateral habenula, setting off cascade of antidepressant effects

Sep 4, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Olivia Gieger |Jill Adams |Shaena Montanari |Tim Requarth

Unlike traditional antidepressants, ketamine acts quickly to relieve depression symptoms, and its effects last long after the drug has cleared the system. Researchers have puzzled over what ketamine is doing in the brain to achieve these results. For one thing, the drug acts on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors, which appear on neurons all over the brain.
X-chromosome genes; neurobiology of infant crying; MCHAT in preemies

Sep 3, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Jill Adams |Shaena Montanari |Daisy Yuhas |Tim Requarth

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From bench to bot: Does AI really make you a more efficient writer?

Sep 3, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Tim Requarth |Paul Middlebrooks |Jill Adams

One of the great promises of generative artificial-intelligence tools such as ChatGPT was that the bots would do away with writing busywork. “What used to take me around a half-hour to write now takes one minute,” one doctor told The New York Times last year, referring to a prior authorization form.