Putting the “Pee” in Power Bridget Zakrzewski May 9, 2015 Climate/Energy, Features If you think that urination is just an inevitable biological function, think again. Though you likely don’t give pee any more attention than a...
Too Much Emphasis on Procedures and Pills? Amelia Warshaw May 9, 2015 Health When Secondary Prevention is Harmful The current philosophy in our healthcare system maintains that the best way to keep people healthy is to...
Contact Lenses Mizzi Gomes May 5, 2015 Mythbusters How a Little Piece of Plastic Has Helped 125 Million People to See More than half a millennium ago, Leonardo da Vinci first published Codex of the...
The Terrible Tattoos Mizzi Gomes May 5, 2015 Mythbusters 1 Comment Why a Little Bit of Ink is a Whole Lot of Infection In the last few years, hipster subculture has sent today’s youth ringing up secondhand vintage...
What Are You Really Paying for When You Buy a Laptop? Eugene Tang May 5, 2015 Technology 2 Comments When looking for a new computer, choosing among the various options can be overwhelming. Should you get the new $1,300 MacBook or perhaps try a $90...
Fire Safety Unveiled Bridget Zakrzewski May 5, 2015 Mythbusters The Science Behind the Fine “Fire Safety woke me up this morning,” my freshman year roommate indignantly told me one afternoon. “And they...
Heat Loss from the Head: A Myth Debunked Arunraj Balaji May 5, 2015 Mythbusters Why Winter Hats are Unnecessary, Yet Nice to Have Around I, for one, gladly admit that sunny Southern California has no justifiable reason to...
Different Drinks, Different “Drunks”? Amelia Warshaw May 5, 2015 Mythbusters It’s a commonly held belief that different kinds of alcohol have different kinds of effects on our mood and behavior: tequila makes us dance on...
The Lie that Could Not Be Cloned David Weiner May 2, 2015 Neuro/Psych In 1979, University of Geneva Professor Karl Illmensee announced the success of a groundbreaking experiment: the cloning of mice from early embryos....
Slippery Surfaces Promise to Make Hospitals’ Infection Rates Fall to the Ground Maddy Russell May 2, 2015 Features, Health A team at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering developed a new material with the potential to prevent some of the 721,800...
