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Susannah Locke

Susannah Locke

Former Senior Audience Experience Editor

    Latest articles by Susannah Locke

    Neuroscience
    Bionic body parts: what’s already here (eyes!) and what’s coming soonBionic body parts: what’s already here (eyes!) and what’s coming soon
    Neuroscience

    The robotic future is already here.

    By Susannah Locke
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    The 10 most-cited science papers of all time are not what you’d expectThe 10 most-cited science papers of all time are not what you’d expect
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    Einstein doesn’t make the cut.

    By Susannah Locke
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    This is what happens when a pig decomposes underwaterThis is what happens when a pig decomposes underwater
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    The grossest experiment ever involved dead pigs, the ocean, and a pack of ravenous crabs

    By Susannah Locke
    Neuroscience
    This simple strategy tripled charity donationsThis simple strategy tripled charity donations
    Neuroscience

    Don’t want to pay a charity CEO’s salary? Neither does anyone else.

    By Susannah Locke
    Space
    This is what North America would look like on JupiterThis is what North America would look like on Jupiter
    Space

    We are so very, very tiny.

    By Susannah Locke
    Neuroscience
    One in five vegetative patients might be conscious. Can we talk to them?One in five vegetative patients might be conscious. Can we talk to them?
    Neuroscience

    Researchers have been using brain scans to try to listen to their thoughts.

    By Susannah Locke
    archives
    Watch the most awkward dinosaur ever waddle aroundWatch the most awkward dinosaur ever waddle around
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    It was as big as a T. rex and even more graceless.

    By Susannah Locke
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    Why even healthy people should get a flu shot: to protect your grandparentsWhy even healthy people should get a flu shot: to protect your grandparents
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    Senior citizens are the most likely to die from the flu.

    By Susannah Locke
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    How dozens of managers were conned into illegally strip-searching their employeesHow dozens of managers were conned into illegally strip-searching their employees
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    The psychology of obedience is stronger than any of us would really like to believe.

    By Susannah Locke
    Neuroscience
    Some of psychology’s most influential studies were also completely unethicalSome of psychology’s most influential studies were also completely unethical
    Neuroscience

    Researchers trained a baby to fear harmless objects. And that’s not all.

    By Susannah Locke