Brain Imaging in the Courtroom? When Neuroscience and Law Intertwine Yechen Hu March 15, 2018 Features, Neuro/Psych “John, did you murder your wife?” “No.” “Beep.” “But the fMRI lie detector indicates that you are...
Bionics - Designed by Nature Claire Dong March 13, 2018 Features, Technology Bionics looks to nature’s designs as inspirations for what we engineer and it holds huge potential for future technologies. It’s based on the...
Epigenetics: We Are Not Just Our DNA Niko Fotopoulos February 21, 2018 Features, Health Without you even knowing, the environment is getting under your skin. Every food choice you make, every all-nighter you pull, every stressful...
Neural Nets and the Future of Chemistry Sarah Perkins February 16, 2018 Chemistry, Features, Technology While anxieties about the roles of humans in easily automated processes have been festering for some time, the startling boom in artificial...
Fields United: Bridging the Gap Between Biology and Physics Jasper Lee February 2, 2018 Features, Health, Physics/Space In high school, your science education most likely consisted of sharply segmented classes such as biology and physics with no overlap. But what if...
Strangers Passing in the Night Alden Hunt February 2, 2018 Features, Physics/Space By the time she was noticed, she was already leaving. “She,” in this case is asteroid 1I/2017 U1, affectionately named ‘Oumuamua, which...
How Much Heat Can Your Coffee Mug Take? Victor Hua January 28, 2018 Climate/Energy, Features The last time you’ve thought about clay was probably, well, never. Its existence eludes our thoughts despite being so prevalent in the composition...
Cancer’s Cheat Meal: Lactate Niko Fotopoulos January 5, 2018 Features, Health CANCER! Media buzzword, devastating disease, hot research topic. The scientific research community is constantly churning out new discoveries in an...
Quantum Keys Ayanna Matthews December 30, 2017 Features, Physics/Space Quantum Computing has been projected to radically enhance computing power, which, at face value, sounds like a great advancement for the tech world....
Big Falcon Rocket: The Future of Spaceflight Connie Miao December 26, 2017 Features, Physics/Space On July 20, 1969, the first humans set foot on the moon. Nearly half a century later, humanity is finally ready to take on Mars. As in...
