SCIENCE
On the disparate origin of doctors
In many ways, medicine represents an intersection of myriad disciplines, requiring practitioners to possess an extensive curriculum that stretches across the likes of biochemistry, pharmacology, psychology, and sociology. Altogether, a variety of knowledge ensures that physicians are able not only to treat patients for their immediate cause of visiting the ...
When science stopped making sense
Although modern science has become synonymous with experimentation, many historical records reflect a different narrative. Prior to the 1600s, the dominant epistemology relied on ordinary observation and common sense. Aristotelians accepted ancient authority without proof, observed nature in its pure state, and inferred general axioms from specific observations through deductive ...
Cave syndrome
The psychology of returning to face-to-face social interactions
In-person classes and inoculation
How will herd immunity, variants, and indoor classes shape our school year?
Back to the lab
Navigating a return to in-person research
Gum health and you
From dental plaque to periodontitis
How you may be trapped in a filter bubble of music due to AI
The engines of recommendation are shaping the way that artists create music
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
The first of their kind
Generation inflammation
Why innovation might be causing disease
Combatting economic inequality with scientific policy
How publicly funded research reinforces disparity and what we can do about it