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Expanding ‘little brain’ may have powered dinosaur flight

The cerebellum swelled in size before flight evolved among modern birds’ dinosaur ancestors, according to a new comparison of fossilized skulls and living birds.

By Annie Melchor
23 February 2024 | 5 min listen
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Simply making data publicly available isn’t enough. We need to make it easy — that requires community buy-in.

I helped create a standard to make it easy to upload, analyze and compare functional MRI data. An ecosystem of tools has since grown up around it, boosting reproducibility and speeding up research.

By Russell Poldrack
17 January 2024 | 7 min read

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How neuroscientists are using AI

Eight researchers explain how they are using large language models to analyze the literature, brainstorm hypotheses and interact with complex datasets.

By The Transmitter
4 November 2025 | 17 min listen

Functional connectivity links with autism, not ADHD; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 3 November.

By Jill Adams
4 November 2025 | 2 min read
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Neuroscience needs engineers—for more reasons than you think

Adopting an engineering mindset will help the field focus its research priorities.

By Timothy O’Leary
3 November 2025 | 9 min listen

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