Quantum Computing to Create Better Drugs
Quantum computing is perhaps Silicon Valley's biggest buzzword. After Google and NASA jumped on the bandwagon several years ago — first with D-Wave Systems, then striking out on their own — the excitement...
The Flip Side of Fish Farming
Farmed fish supply roughly one-third of worldwide seafood consumption, and that number is increasing every day. With a rapidly growing global population, accompanied by a burgeoning demand for food, the...
The Hidden Culprit behind Diabetes
“Refined sugar” is a phrase that strikes fear in our hearts. As consumers, we’re all too familiar with America’s war on sugar. Deemed a “silent killer,” sugar is identified as a major cause of...
Paris Climate Agreement
Implementation Begins The Paris climate agreement reached its threshold for ratification in early October and went into action November 4th of 2016. Canada and the EU were the last to join those who had...
Brain? We Have a Security Breach!
Meet the human brain’s security system: the infamous blood-brain barrier (BBB). Consisting of a dynamic network of specialized endothelial cells lining brain capillaries, the BBB serves as a nearly...
Coral Reef Conservation…with Bubbles?
Australia’s most recognized landmark, the Great Barrier Reef, is in danger of being wiped out by coastal human development, which continues to pollute the ocean with carbon dioxide emissions. Coral reefs...
Carbon Capture and Storage
Can we bury global warming?* Combating climate change is perhaps the biggest environmental challenge of our generation - a looming existential threat to global society as we know it. Dramatic changes in...
Virtual Reality
An Evocative Medium’s Acceptance in the World of Journalism Two years ago Mark Zuckerberg announced the purchase of a start-up named Oculus VR, a virtual reality company that would eventually enable...
From Seawater to Nuclear Power
Extracting Uranium With the signing of the Paris Agreement in April 2016, world leaders have begun to tackle climate change by pledging to invest in alternative energy sources, with the United States alone...
Saturn’s Polygon
The Discovery In the 1980s, the Voyager spacecraft flew past the planet Saturn, sending back images that showed something scientists never expected: a giant hexagon, centered around Saturn’s north pole....