asking god for guidance (istikhāra) in different ways has an age-old history in the world of islam. various evidences can be observed denoting its frequent application in the muslims’ personal and social life. the widespread prevalence of this practice (rite) has undoubtedly had theoretical origins too, and has been influenced by the society’s intellectual discourses, as well. numerous scholars...

Motor neuroscience is well over 100 years old, with seminal work such as G. T. Fritz and E. Hitzig's discovery of motor cortex occurring in 1870. Theoretical motor neuroscience has been ongoing for at least the last 50 years. How mature a scientific discipline is motor neuroscience? Are experimentalists and theoreticians working together productively to help the field progress? This article add...

This is the story of how a small team of experimentalists and theoreticians collaborated to develop a theoretical model for vesicle formation during endocytosis. In telling our story, we hope to distil some general conclusions about the purpose and value of theoretical models and how best to navigate collaborations between experimentalists and theoreticians. We encountered challenges in buildin...