One New Liver, Please
The Advent of 3D Bioprinting Patients in desperate need of organ transplant certainly do not have the odds in their favor. Of the 123,000 patients currently awaiting a life-saving donation, less than...
Can a Computer Speak Chinese?
The Potential and Limits of Artificial Intelligence Is the human brain essentially a computer? And is a sufficiently advanced computer, with all the right inputs and outputs, essentially a human...
In Defense of Angelina Jolie
Rebecca Tang In May 2013, Angelina Jolie shocked the public with an opinion piece explaining why she chose to surgically remove both her breasts. “I have a ‘faulty’ gene, BRCA1,” she wrote, “which...
Some Sunny-Side-Up News for Omelet Lovers
If you’ve ever read the nutrition facts on a carton of eggs, you’ve probably noticed the seemingly outrageous cholesterol level. Reading that each egg contains more than 60% of your daily recommended...
Caught Twice?
Fooling the Lie Detector: The Condom Thief When I was 10, I snuck into the TV room in our house to watch a bit of Ocean’s Thirteen with my older brothers. Before my parents discovered my own egregious...
Pluto’s Planetary Problem
Fifteen years ago, every child was taught that there are nine planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The status of the planets remained largely...
Higgs Boson Demystified
Even though the field of particle physics lies outside the knowledge bank of most people today, it is likely that the term “Higgs Boson particle” would nevertheless strike a chord in some crevice of most...
How Clean is Clean?
The first full-scale “clean coal” plant opened in Canada this October. The Owned by SaskPower, the Boundary Dam Carbon Capture and Storage Project in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is “the...
The Haunted Houses of Physics
Imagine a haunted house of sorts, one with many entrances, each of which eventually leads you to a long, dark corridor. You know that the house consists of something more than empty hallways, because you can...
Food for Thought
What Do Our Cravings Really Mean? College students know the dangers of late-night cravings and are well-acquainted with “stress eating,” but why is it that the campus convenience stores make so much money...