Sapolsky summarises the latest scientific research relevant to determinism: the idea that we’re causally ‘determined’ to act as we do and couldn’t possibly act any other way.
Rapidly changing temperatures and sensory environments are challenging the nervous systems of many species. Animals will be forced to evolve to survive.
Christine Holt has spent most of her adult life researching how nerve cells navigate to exactly the right place in the developing brain. In March 2023, she won the Brain Prize for her ground-breaking discoveries and the impact these will have on health and disease.