SCIENCE

Climate Count-up: #1 Refrigeration 

Taking a look at Project Drawdown’s solutions to climate change

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Letters from the Science Section

Waking up to the science of sleep

A personal retelling of a journey through narcolepsy treatment

Your one-stop shop for STI knowledge

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

A closer look at the chronology and science behind the worst drug epidemic in American history

2018 in review: four fun and fundamental stories

Scientific breakthroughs of yesteryear

The scourge of single-use plastic

“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?

An organ with a surprising amount of function

Solving a quantum conundrum

Urmila Mahadev's eight-year-long quest to solve the quantum verification problem as a grad student

Skin

The awesome organ and the science behind skincare