Train of the Future Pavithran Ravindran December 9, 2015 Chemistry, Features Imagine you just woke up. You have exactly 35 minutes to get from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area, a distance of approximately 900 miles....
The Search Engine Race Diana Vazquez November 17, 2015 Features, Technology 1 Comment A Two Sided Game Plan In 1998, Lawrence “Larry” Page and his colleague at Stanford, Sergey Brin, outlined the then-current status of...
Does ADHD Exist? The Logic behind the Controversy Myrial Holbrook November 10, 2015 Health, Neuro/Psych As of 2011, 6.4 million children in the United States were diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). From 2003 to 2013 alone,...
Curiosity: Radiation-Proof Space Computing Kevin Kabaria November 9, 2015 Physics/Space, Technology Space is known as the inhospitable final frontier; challenges to biological organisms — notably, humans — come to mind. However, an often...
Water on the Red Planet Jennifer Bunkley November 9, 2015 Features, Physics/Space The Potential for Life and Exploration on Mars This summer, a group of scientists found groundbreaking evidence of recently flowing liquid water on...
Brain Disease Found in 96% of Former NFL Players David Weiner November 9, 2015 Features, Health, Neuro/Psych Researchers have found widespread brain disease in dead NFL players. New figures from the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center in Boston —...
A Cap on Life Daniel Liu November 9, 2015 Health Telomere Length and Lifestyle It is the year 1975. Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn is doing her postdoctoral fellowship at Yale, when she notices something...
More for Less Ruby Guo November 9, 2015 Health 1 Comment Polyphasic Sleep Patterns It’s Monday morning, and you and your friends sit around a table at the dining hall. All you can see are coffee cups...
Machine Learning Nancy Song November 9, 2015 Health, Technology 1 Comment Predicting the Next Major Outbreak When medicine and technology appear together, images of robots performing surgery, new drug designs, and...
Thync Shiyi Li November 9, 2015 Features, Health, Technology 5 Comments Starbucks’ Technological Alternative For the majority of Americans who are sleep-deprived on a regular basis, a cup of coffee is not only a...
