Epigenetics: We Are Not Just Our DNA
Without you even knowing, the environment is getting under your skin. Every food choice you make, every all-nighter you pull, every stressful situation in your life works to change who you are, one...
Neural Nets and the Future of Chemistry
While anxieties about the roles of humans in easily automated processes have been festering for some time, the startling boom in artificial intelligence’s ability and accuracy must compel us to recognize...
Fields United: Bridging the Gap Between Biology and Physics
In high school, your science education most likely consisted of sharply segmented classes such as biology and physics with no overlap. But what if the real world doesn’t work this way? Within...
Strangers Passing in the Night
By the time she was noticed, she was already leaving. “She,” in this case is asteroid 1I/2017 U1, affectionately named ‘Oumuamua, which made headlines around the world last November when it was...