The two scientists discuss how to estimate a research project’s carbon emissions, from supply procurement to energy usage.Source: Spectrum News

The eight-legged, millimeter-long animals reveal how small nervous systems produce complex behaviors and perceptual abilities, a preprint suggests. Source: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 10 March.Source: Spectrum News

Truly understanding the brain requires a set of conditions we’re unlikely to meet: that knowledge about the brain is finite, and that we have both access to that knowledge and the means to understand it. Source: Spectrum News

The change averts termination for the three neuroscience lab heads, who were set to be let go tomorrow.Source: Spectrum News

Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler share the $1.4 million award for their discovery of synapses between brain cancer cells and neurons. Source: Spectrum News

The subunit acts as a “volume control” on signaling that shapes the density of dendritic spines, the new work suggests.Source: Spectrum News

Family-linked factors explain most associations between maternal illness and autism, a study of 1.1 million Danish children finds.Source: Spectrum News

A lack of programming experience can derail experimental aspirations. But custom software packages, web-based applications and video tutorials make functional MRI concepts easier to grasp.Source: Spectrum News

Eight neuroscientists at different career stages spoke with The Transmitter about whether they plan to participate in the upcoming “Stand Up for Science” demonstrations across the United States on 7 March.Source: Spectrum News

Some departments plan to shrink class sizes by 25 to 40 percent, and others may inadvertently accept more students than they can afford, according to the leaders of 21 top U.S. programs.Source: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 3 March. Source: Spectrum News

The burden of proof is on us—researchers—to explain why what we do is valuable to society.Source: Spectrum News

To harness the workmanlike prose of artificial intelligence while maintaining a recognizable style, use it as an analyzer rather than as a writer.Source: Spectrum News