Content: Volume 2, Issue 2

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Attempts to Forget the Past Make It Harder to Remember the Present

An old photograph, the smell of warm apple pie, or even a long-forgotten name overheard at a party all have the potential to unleash a flood of related memories. In many ways, our conscious experience is dictated by the reminders we encounter in daily life.... click to read more

Justin C. Hulbert | Professor at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA

memory

brain

PTSD

amnesia

Reading time 4 min

published on Apr 8, 2016

The colour beige: heating up the fat

In mammals, adipose tissue is a specialized tissue that functions as the major storage site for fat. When glucose supplies are low (for example when an organism is food-deprived), the stored fat can be used to produce energy, so that the organism may be constantly... click to read more

Caterina Da Rè | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Switzerland

health

beige fat

brown fat

white fat

obesity

thermogenesis

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Apr 1, 2016