SCIENCE
Examining neurologist Oliver Sacks
A review of Vintage Sacks and other works
A round-up of the Nobel Prize Laureates of 2017
A comprehensive list of who won what
Cosmic Anomalies
Weird mysteries in the sky: are they aliens or what?
Did climate change cause these hurricanes?
Tropical cyclones, climatology, and capitalism In the past few weeks, the damage resulting from Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma have been dominating headlines. Harvey was the first, moving along the south Caribbean before taking a turn by the Yucatan Peninsula and then becoming a Category 4 before making landfall in ...
The science of studying
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A brief review of 2016’s major scientific leaps
As this volume of The Strand comes to an end, let’s recap some of the biggest scientific events in the tumultuous year of 2016. GRAVITATIONAL WAVES Perhaps the biggest news out of physics in 2016, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory’s (LIGO for short) discovery of gravitational waves put to rest a 100-year old ...
Humans may have helped create the Sahara Desert
From paleontological records to the earliest artistic depictions of the humans that lived there, the consensus is that the Sahara was once a wetter and more humid place, during the “African Humid Period.” So, what happened?
What’s up with the mark disparity between the arts and the sciences?
And is it a big deal?
Experiences as a woman in Computer Science
Content Warning: Misogyny & reference to a sexual act
Revolutionary Gene-editing Technique Has Its First Clinical Anti-Cancer Tests in Humans
As the world grows more complex, we see hopeful signs of progress in the field of gene-based medicinal therapy. In particular, the famous CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique has been gaining significant traction due to its simplicity and versatility. On October 28th, Dr. Lu You's team at Sichuan University in Chengdu successfully ...