From John Belushi to Kate McKinnon, the “SNL” stars who inspired “The Midnight Show” cast (exclusive)

Co-authors Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne break down the comedy ions who helped inspire the ensemble cast of their new novel ...
eLife

Beyond the Focus of Expansion: Retinal curl as a functional signal for heading estimation

This study provides an important and biologically plausible account of how human perceptual judgments of heading direction are influenced by a specific pattern of motion in optic flow fields known as ...

Marathon players see different colored lobsters and Bungie won’t explain why

Polygon spoke with Marathon developers about its color-changing lobsters, but Bungie still won’t explain the strange in-game ...

The 34 best dark comedies of all time

Dark times call for dark comedies. These 34 films look at life's bleaker moments and shine a light on the funny parts.
eLife

Serotonergic modulation of motor subspace dynamics drives a sleep-independent quiescent state

The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) serotonergic (5-HT) system has been implicated in regulating sleep and motor control; however, its specific role remains controversial. In this study, we found that ...
AHA/ASA Journals

Targeting Interleukin-8–Mediated Cellular Crosstalk Reverses Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Fibrosis in Noonan Syndrome

BACKGROUND: Genetic variants in components or regulators of the RAS-MAPK signaling pathway are causative for severe and early-onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in patients with Noonan syndrome ...