SCIENCE
Climate Count-up: #1 Refrigeration
Michal Leckie
September 17, 2019
Taking a look at Project Drawdown’s solutions to climate change
Waking up to the science of sleep
Tamara Frooman
March 19, 2019
A personal retelling of a journey through narcolepsy treatment
Your one-stop shop for STI knowledge
Michal Leckie
February 12, 2019
Looking for some brief information on —in the Love and Sex issue of The Strand, the Science section brings you blurbs on five common sexually transmitted conditions, so that you can stay informed and stay safe in your sexual escapades! Chlamydia Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, most likely due to the ...
Understanding the Opioid Crisis
Tian Ren Chu
January 29, 2019
A closer look at the chronology and science behind the worst drug epidemic in American history
2018 in review: four fun and fundamental stories
Tanuj Kumar
January 15, 2019
Scientific breakthroughs of yesteryear
The scourge of single-use plastic
Avery Schwarz
November 20, 2018
“Single-use” is the Collins Dictionary 2018 word of the year. Scientists have predicted that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans. Disturbing images of sea creatures choking on or being strangled by plastic garbage have helped convince many of us that plastic pollution is an important problem. Citizens, politicians and ...
Who needs an appendix anyway?
Tian Ren Chu
October 16, 2018
An organ with a surprising amount of function
Solving a quantum conundrum
Tanuj Kumar
October 16, 2018
Urmila Mahadev's eight-year-long quest to solve the quantum verification problem as a grad student