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Extinct Today, Alive Tomorrow: The Science And Ethics of De-extinction
by Caitlin Andrews As humans, we have a constant curiosity to know what life on an earlier Earth might have looked like. We use fossils, skeletons, and our own imaginings to reconstruct images of...
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How Leukemia Cells Remodel Bone Marrow
by Lauren Claus Approximately 254,000 United States citizens currently have leukemia, a type of cancer in which abnormal blood cells, such as white blood cells, crowd and interfere with normal bone...
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Facing the Fats: Should You Be Scared of Saturated Fat?
by Emily Groopman and Jen Guidera Butter. Bacon. Heavy cream. While considered wholesome staples in 19th and early 20th century America, these foods are now seen as “greasy killers” rather than good...
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Fighting Infections with Feces: The Promise of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
by Brendan Pease The phrase “cutting-edge medical treatment” often conjures up images of complex technologies derived from neural mapping or stem cell research. However, one of the newest medical...
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The Secret Life of Plants
by Tristan Wang On a night in 1966 interrogation specialist Cleve Backster taught how to perform lie detection to policemen. On a whim, Backster attached electrodes of a galvanometer to a nearby...
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Human Cloning: Unmasking the Controversy
by Francisco Galdos Suppose you have a year-old laptop that has been working well for you. You begin to notice one day that the computer freezes more frequently, and you continue to have problems....
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DATA: The bigger the better? A survey of analytical traps and tricks
by Elizabeth Beam Introduction In the way of gas-guzzling vehicles and the great American gut, data these days is big and getting bigger. And why shouldn’t it? By contrast to the toll that other...
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DNA glue facilitates self-assembly of hydrogel bricks
by Serena Blacklow Here at Harvard’s own Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, researchers have introduced a new method of self-assembly using DNA glue. Self-assembly, the ability of...
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Should we use genetically modified foods to increase our food reservoir?
by Serena Blacklow Over 80% of all processed foods in the U.S. contain genetically modified ingredients (1). Yet, the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as sources of food remains intensely...
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Stuck in Bereavement – Complicated Grief
by Lauren Stone The experience of losing a loved one is something we can all relate to, and for some, this may be especially relevant in light of the recent Boston Marathon bombings. In the United...
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Alternative Medicine and Patient Self-Care
by Lauren Claus Although the words “health care” typically evoke images of doctors and drugs, many people nowadays see yoga teachers and acupuncture specialists, as well as physicians, to meet their...
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The Science of Swearing: A look into the human MIND and other less socially...
by Michelle Drews Disclaimer: This article covers the psychological, neurobiological, linguistic, and legal aspects of the use of profanity. Readers are advised that it does contain words that some...
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The Science of Alcohol Addiction
by Carrie Sha It’s a Friday night. House parties. Drinking games. Red solo cups. It’s a common sight. But where does the college drinking culture come from and where can we draw the thin line between...
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