Leslee Lazar

autism, autism spectrum disorder, gut microbiome, gut microbiota, gut flora, Escherichia coli, mouse models, GABA, neurotransmitters, RNA, DNA, taurine, 5-aminovaleric acid, agonists,

It Takes Guts to Understand Autism – Literally

Leslee Lazar 26/06/2019

Scientists injected mice with faecal bacteria from humans with...

air pollution, Central Universities, Central University of Kerala, kasaragod, Kerala, Ministry of Human Resource Development, national priorities, PhD, Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission, water pollution

Let’s Leave Research to the Researchers

Leslee Lazar 20/04/2019

Top-down authoritarian control of science is detrimental for three...

infrared radiation, electromagnetic radiation, nanotechnology, nanoparticles, retina, cone cells, photoreceptors, rod cells, nectar guides, UV radiation, ultraviolet, honey bees, salmon, flavonols,

After ‘Superpower’ Nano Injection, Mice Can See Infrared

Leslee Lazar 27/03/2019

Humans remain blissfully unaware of how much beauty lies...

“I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops” – Steven Jay Gould. Credit: Kayle Kaupanger/Unsplash

A Powerful Idea: Poverty Affects Basic Cognitive Abilities

Leslee Lazar 31/08/2018

If you work harder, change your attitude and get...

Bonnet macaques. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Monkeys Evolve a New Way to Communicate With Humans

Leslee Lazar 03/06/2018

In a recent study involving wild monkeys, the animals...

Credit: Leslee Lazar

The Curious Case of the Cow With a Hole in Its Skull

Leslee Lazar 29/05/2018

The hole offers a window into a gruesome yet...