“The time has come to go to Mars,” proclaims The Mars Society’s website, referring to the exploration and settlement of Mars as “the greatest cause
Science, Technology and Society
From Spherification to Instagram: How Technology Promotes Food as an Artform and Transforms the Act of Eating
My math professor is discussing the Taylor series in my 10:30 am lecture, and it takes every bit of energy to keep my eyelids from
Health and Medicine
The Unexpected Influence of Camel Herders on Modern Contraception
More females than ever are using intrauterine devices (IUDs) as their primary form of contraception. Among contraceptive users ages 15-44, IUD prevalence jumped from 5.6%
Environment
Sharing is Caring: The Future of Your Wardrobe
With the advent of the internet, mobile devices, and big data, our lives and society are speeding up. From our smartphones to our interactions with
Research
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.
