Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Beyond Visualization: Rediscovering Bhāvanā — The Science of Becoming
What if meditation isn’t about calming the mind, but about becoming something more? Beyond Visualization: Reframing Bhāvanā as a Multisensory, Lived Experience explores how embodied inner cultivation can reshape our scientific understanding of mindfulness and transformation.
Earthquake stress-drop values delineate spatial variations in maximum shear stress in the Japanese forearc lithosphere
Our study in Communications Earth & Environment uses an interdisciplinary approach to link earthquake stress drop, depth, and crustal strength (i.e. stress to failure). We find that stress drop scales with modeled maximum shear stress, revealing a physical basis for its correlation with depth.
Passing Traits Without Genes: How the Gut Microbiome Transfers Behavior
Microbes can evolve faster than their hosts. We show that selecting only the microbiome, while keeping host genes fixed, can alter mouse behavior across generations. Microbes and their metabolites thus act as agents of adaptation, transmitting traits independently of host DNA.
