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The End of Anonymity

I have a confession. I post way too many pictures of my cat online. People who know me well are all too familiar with my Instagram and Facebook tributes to my feline best friend, known as Kitty. I...
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Fighting Our Food

Sometimes I dream about apples. Big red sweet apples, small green tart ones…forget visions of sugar plums, a gleaming apple is all it takes to make my mouth water! Yet it has been years since I have...
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Ethical Conundrums

Medical students, before commencing their duties as compassionate caregivers, take the Hippocratic oath, promising to always treat the ill to the best of their ability and to make decisions that are...
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The 'Gut-Brain Axis' and the Benefits of Bacteria

SiS is proud to feature the winners of the "2014 Driskill Graduate Program in the Life Sciences (DGP) Science and Society Class Distinction Award." Written as part of a course on science and society...
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Topics

To Infinity and Beyond: The Search for Exoplanets
By: Christopher Hansen
Jul 3, 2014
Gaze up at the night sky on a clear evening. What can you see? The human eye can detect tiny points... Read More
Cave-Diving Northwestern Geologist Found Her Calling as a Kid
By: Will Schutt
Jun 18, 2014
Most of us don't end up working the jobs we dreamed of as kids. There's just not that much room for... Read More
In Search of Naia
By: Will Schutt
Jun 17, 2014
Formerly a civil engineer in Mexico, Alvarez is one of the original divers who discovered Hoyo... Read More
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Blog

This Is Your Brain on Capsaicin
By: Leidamarie Tirado-Lee
Jul 16, 2014
When it comes to food, there are two types of people in this world: those who EAT TO LIVE and those who LIVE... Read More
Someone Thought of That
By: Ben Goodman
Jul 14, 2014
After a whirlwind end to spring term, a jaunt back to the west-coast, and a relocation to Ohio for my summer... Read More
Probability Theory and Medicine
By: Khyati Meghani
Jul 9, 2014
“Hypothetically speaking, let’s say you get your genome sequenced and the report says that you have a genetic... Read More
Prospects for the Climate
By: Ethan Coffel
Jul 1, 2014
Climate change has made the news recently with the announcement that the EPA will require a 30 percent... Read More
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