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‘Fight or flight’ – unless internal clocks are disrupted, study in mice shows
For humans and animals, many aspects of normal behavior and physiology rely on the proper functioning of the body’s circadian clocks. Here’s how it’s supposed to work: Your brain sends signals to your...
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WashU Expert: A more inclusive Bond?
James Bond hurtles through the sky in a silver glider, slicing the clouds like a knife. But piloting the glider is Nomi, the first Black woman granted “00” status by the decades-old film franchise....
View ArticleDorothy, a publishing project, partners with New York Review of Books
Dorothy, a publishing project — the independent book publisher co-founded by Danielle Dutton and Martin Riker — has entered into a sales and distribution agreement with the New York Review of Books...
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Loomis to study novel molecular reaction pathways and dynamics
Loomis Richard Loomis, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and collaborator Scott Reid, chair and professor of chemistry at Marquette University,...
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Chang’e-5 samples reveal key age of moon rocks
A lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently brought back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. Now an international team of scientists —...
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The new-new kids on the block: hybrid lizards
There are many different kinds of anoles, but they tend not to mix. Females recognize the colorful, extendable neck flap of an amorous male of the same species, or the pattern of his head-bobbing...
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Islands are cauldrons of evolution
Islands are hot spots of evolutionary adaptation that can also advantage species returning to the mainland, according to a study published the week of Oct. 11 in the Proceedings of the National...
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Stellar fossils in meteorites point to distant stars
Some pristine meteorites contain a record of the original building blocks of the solar system, including grains that formed in ancient stars that died before the sun formed. One of the biggest...
View ArticleCRE² launches podcast
The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE²) at Washington University in St. Louis has launched a new podcast, “Everywhere with CRE².” The podcast plans to explore research from...
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Tennessee Williams vs. St. Louis
Can you ever escape your past? Tennessee Williams spent a lifetime trying. His years in New York, New Orleans and Key West are the stuff of literary legend. But it was St. Louis where Williams lived...
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Bucking the trend
In 1922, art historian Josef Stryzgowski warned an audience at Boston’s Lowell Institute of the impending “crisis in the humanities.” Nearly a century later, Stryzgowski’s theme remains a staple of...
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For 50 years, mass incarceration has hurt American families. Here’s how to...
For nearly 50 years, the incarceration rate in the U.S. has grown at an exponential rate. Today, the U.S. has the largest prison population in the world. Incarceration is especially common in poor...
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Jumping for joy
In eighth grade, Eka Jose, AB ’21, decided it was high time to plan the rest of her life. Jose had always been fascinated by the human body, so she would be a doctor. And because she loved school, she...
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Digging deep
As a curator of vertebrate paleontology in the NMNH Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, AB ’67, knows a lot about the past and how...
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Pursuing reciprocity with plants
Introduction: Beronda L. Montgomery, AB ’94, is a Michigan State University Foundation Professor in the departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and of Microbiology & Molecular...
View ArticleAn instinct for talent
Samantha Chalk, AB ’08, can see the future. In a way, her job depends on it. She can look at an actor fresh out of drama school and know, right away and without a doubt, that they’ll be a star. Chalk,...
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Undergraduates win international HOSA award
Blaydon (left) and Li (Courtesy photo) Washington University in St. Louis undergraduates Lauren Blaydon and Anna Li recently won first place in an emergency preparedness competition through the...
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‘She Kills Monsters’
“If a hooded stranger approached me in real life, I would mace him.”– Agnes It’s 1995 in Ohio and Tilly Evans is a teenage Dungeon Master who dispatches goblin-like Kobalds with ease. But not even the...
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Teaching about race in K-12 education
Over the last year, critical race theory has become a cultural flashpoint in the U.S. From Senate chambers to cable news, social media and school board meetings, two impassioned sides have emerged....
View ArticlePsychotic experiences in children predict genetic risk for mental disorders
So much has happened in the world to cause people to think deeper about their mental well-being and resiliency during difficult times. More than 50% of the population has struggled with a mental...
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