The Truth about the “Gay Gene”
Are people born to be gay, or do they choose to be gay? Humanity has struggled with this question throughout history, and the issue of homosexuality in its very essence has engendered enthusiastic debate....
The Future of the Internet
Although a concept less than 50 years old, the World Wide Web has grown to become the defining technology of our era — from e-commerce and email to online education and cloud computing, Internet-based...
HackPrinceton Spring ’15
A weekend of innovation, learning, and some of the best hacks yet. There are two fish in a tank. One turns to the other and says: “So, how do I drive this thing?” Joseph Bolling ’15 coaxes a fish to...
Bugged: Three Vulnerabilities in your Information Security
Programmers are often their own worst enemies. When writing code, programmers may become responsible for the creation of insistent, malicious and sometimes challenging-to-locate errors known as “bugs.”...
Fighting Ebola Behind-the-Scenes
The Promise of ZMapp On December 10, 2014 TIME magazine named “The Ebola Fighters" its person of the year. These people deserve this recognition for their bravery and efforts in going out to the field and...
Does Exercise Work?
Not For Everyone, Apparently As gift-giving season reached its peak, personal fitness devices such as the Fitbit, the Nike+ FuelBand and the Aduro U-band were especially popular gifts. The ability to track...
Mapping the Mind
Federal BRAIN Initiative Funds Two Princeton Neuroscience Studies The 21st century has brought with it some amazing scientific advances: the first draft of the complete human genome, the successful induction...
What’s in My Genes?
23andMe Genomic Research The idea sounds like something out of a science fiction novel: spit in a little vial, send it through the mail, and not long after, receive a detailed report assessing your risk for...
