Diana Kwon, Scientific American

Diana Kwon

Scientific American

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  • Scientific American
  • Discover Magazine
  • Knowable Magazine
  • Nautilus
  • PBS

Past articles by Diana:

Acting Out Dreams Predicts Parkinson’s and Other Brain Diseases

Enacted dreams could be an early sign of Parkinson’s disease → Read More

Crows Perform Yet Another Skill Once Thought Distinctively Human

Scientists demonstrate that crows are capable of recursion—a key feature in grammar. Not everyone is convinced → Read More

Eye Tests May Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease

A host of different retinal exams are being evaluated as potential Alzheimer’s screening methods → Read More

Why Thinking Hard Wears You Out

Concentrating for long periods builds up chemicals that disrupt brain functioning. → Read More

Newly Recognized Dementia Called LATE May Hit 40 Percent of Older People

The pathological buildup of a protein known as TDP-43 can lead to an Alzheimer’s-like disorder → Read More

Gray Hair Can Return to Its Original Color—and Stress Is Involved, of Course

The universal marker of aging is not always a one-way process → Read More

The Pandemic Has Caused a Steep Decline in Living Standards

A survey of more than 300,000 households in developing countries shows increased food insecurity → Read More

Forecasts of Epilepsy Seizures Could Become a Reality

Making predictions up to several days in advance may help with care → Read More

Governments Worldwide Consider Ditching Daylight Saving Time

A pushback has arisen to seasonal clock changes that affect mood, sleep and general well-being → Read More

From Headaches to ‘COVID Toes,’ Coronavirus Symptoms Are a Bizarre Mix

Blood clots and inflammation may underlie many of these complications → Read More

Near Real-Time Studies Look for Behavioral Measures Vital to Stopping Coronavirus

The goal is to identify the best means of encouraging individuals to change the way they live. Young people may need more convincing → Read More

Largest Brain Wiring Diagram to Date Is Published

The partial fruit fly “connectome” contains approximately 25,000 neurons and 20 million synapses → Read More

Fight or Flight May Be in Our Bones

A protein released from bone is involved in triggering the body’s reaction to stress → Read More

The Purpose of Mucus, the Body’s Unsung Hero

We know it best as a stringy slime dripping from noses and as viscous, discolored goop hacked up by sickened airways. But it’s so much more than that. Coating the surfaces of guts, eyes, mouth, nasal cavity and ears, mucus plays a range of important physiological roles — hydrating, cleaning, supporting good microbes and warding off foreign invaders. “I like to call it the unsung hero of the body… → Read More

Babies Know the Difference between the Laughter of Friends and Strangers

Five-month-olds may use chuckles to identify information about social interactions → Read More

Mucus: the body’s unsung hero

The slimy stuff has a surprisingly wide array of beneficial biological functions → Read More

The Cerebellum Is Your "Little Brain"--and It Does Some Pretty Big Things

A newly identified circuit connecting the cerebellum to the brain’s reward centers in mice could help scientists understand autism and addiction → Read More

The Cerebellum Is Your "Little Brain"—and It Does Some Pretty Big Things

A newly identified circuit connecting the cerebellum to the brain’s reward centers in mice could help scientists understand autism and addiction → Read More

4 Days of Intensive Therapy Can Reverse OCD for Years

Two Norwegian psychologists developed a method of treating the condition that is gaining international attention for its efficiency and effectiveness → Read More

4 Days of Intensive Therapy Can Reverse OCD for Years

Two Norwegian psychologists developed a method of treating the condition that is gaining international attention for its efficiency and effectiveness → Read More