“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 public relations firms are talking […]
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An organ with a surprising amount of function
Who needs an appendix anyway? Read More »
Urmila Mahadev’s eight-year-long quest to solve the quantum verification problem as a grad student
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The first body part of the biweekly series
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Upper year students discuss searching for university placements
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The #MeToo Movement that began in October 2017 has been a watershed for gender politics, sparking a much-needed dialogue—one that should have started long, long ago—about the impacts of workplace sexual harassment and violence
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Discussions of genitalia, reproduction, biosexism, bioessentialism, intersex genital mutilation
