Why is it So Hard to Change Somebody’s Mind?
by Whitney Li If you’ve been on the internet for the past 20 years, you have probably seen a comment…
A Parallel Universe with Life
by Susana Torres-Londono Over time, physicists have been working towards painting a clearer and more precise portrait of our universe.…
Detecting Gravitational Waves, Was it Worth it?
by Susana Torres-Londono If you’re a scientist who hopes to dedicate the rest of your life to developing and proving…
A Guessing Game with Some of the Highest Stakes
by Isabelle Boatright After scientists and infectious disease experts collect data on what’s making people sick every year, they gather…
Why is it So Hard to Change Somebody’s Mind?
by Whitney Li If you’ve been on the internet for the past 20 years, you have probably seen a comment about a political or social opinion that you thought was…
A Parallel Universe with Life
by Susana Torres-Londono Over time, physicists have been working towards painting a clearer and more precise portrait of our universe. In their research, they have found the four “fundamental forces”.…
Curing Mortality
by Isabelle Boatright Despite popular science fiction, we still can’t transport instantly, travel back in time, or do anything beyond slowing down the process of ageing. Modern medicine can do…
The Minimalist Cell
As scientists, we like to assign function to structure. With the human genome, however, this association becomes difficult. The human genome is 3 billion base pairs long, but only 1.5%…
Activity-Based Protein Profiling: Discovering Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Disease
In the post-genomic era, we are faced with the daunting challenge of translating all of this genomic information into cures for human diseases. One of the major bottlenecks for drug…
