Month October 2016

Little is known about the causes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), despite it being the most common form of dementia (“Alzheimer’s disease,” 2016). AD is characterized by misfolded proteins in the brain. These proteins have an unknown function in their original… Continue Reading →

I have always been fascinated by behavior, both of humans and animals. After reading Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and Richard Dawkins’s The Ancestor’s Tale, I was surprised to find that both authors seemed to view the world… Continue Reading →