It’s official: Robots have come to the Smithsonian. As of this past spring, humanoid robots (built to resemble the human body) can be found at
Science, Technology and Society
In the Nose of the Beholder: The connection between human scent and attraction
“No, I haven’t washed it yet. It probably smells disgusting. Here, take a sniff.” He hands me his jacket, which I hold to my nose.
Health and Medicine
Curing the Lovesick: Biological Anti-Love Interventions
As the phrase “lovesick” might suggest, love has the potential to cause as much damage to an individual’s physical and mental health as a clinical
Environment
Where did they come from and where did they Galapa-go? The fascinating story of speciation in Bulimulid land snails
While the typical tourist travels 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador to catch a glimpse of the only penguin living north of the equator
Research
A Quantum Leap in Verification
On October 7th 2018, Urmila Mahadev, a graduate student in computer science at University of California, Berkeley, presented a breakthrough algorithm with the power to
The Replication Crisis: Making Science True
The Royal Society of London is the oldest national scientific institution in the world. Founded in 1660, the Royal Society was one of the birthplaces
Colombian Jungle Cows to Syrian Social Media: Researching Leishmaniasis
Dusk has fallen in the jungle outside of Tumaco, Colombia. A team of researchers has traveled via jeeps and canoes to the western side of
Turning a Natural Phenomenon into a Gene Editing Powerhouse: CRISPR Pioneer, Doudna, at Stanford’s Johnson Symposium
The CRISPR cake Last week, I celebrated my eighteenth birthday. My dorm threw me in the shower, per Stanford tradition, and baked me a cake.
Alternative Science? The future of science research in Trump’s America
By: Lloyd Lyall Trump’s attitudes on medicine and the environment might be some of the most striking disavowals of science in the modern world. The
The Other Antibiotic: Viruses
Whether the name is spread by the 5 o’clock evening news, the National Institutes of Health website, or a box that you may have to
Miscellaneous
The World in Your Belly Button
In Dr. Seuss’s literary classic, “Horton Hears a Who,” an elephant discovers an entire society of tiny people living on a small flower. In the
Defying Gravity: DIY Physics Experiment
Staring at a list of physics equations can be daunting. These mathematical expressions, though, are meant to model the world that we see around us.
