#IceBucketChallenge: Do Social Media Campaigns Really Spread Public Health Awareness? Mark Wien Medicine, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture At the core of the #icebucketchallenge’s mission is the role social media plays in raising awareness and funds for positive causes. But is social media an effective campaign mechanism? Is true awareness really garnered from these efforts or are these dead-end challenges?
Acupuncture in the OR? What Complementary and Alternative Treatments Teach Us About Healing Laura Christianson Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine Treating the causes of disease requires understanding patients as part of complex systems. In this piece, medical student Laura Christianson explores alternative medicine’s reach—from infertility to cardiovascular disease.
Can Divestment Combat Climate Change? Chloe Maxmin Science, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture Harvard undergrad Chloe Maxmin examines the academic arguments underlying the climate change divestment movement, bringing her insights as a student activist to the conversation.
Who’s Teaching the Next Zuckerberg: An Interview with Computer Science Prof. Ben Leong hipporeads Science, Science & Medicine For Professor Ben Leong, his passions of teaching, technology, and business come together in a philosophy of learning from both success and failure.
When Cancer Isn’t Just a Word: Translating Medicine’s Native Language Laura Christianson Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture Doctors may not be poets—nor do they need to be—but their use of language is critical in assuring effective patient care.
Alien Pollutants: Coming Soon to a City Near You Kaitlin Solimine Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine Particulate matter easily enters air streams and waterways, traveling tens of thousands of miles and making for a much more insidious form of pollutant. Here are five ways pollutants are now invading a quaint country town near you
Is Reading Dead? How Technology and Literature Share a Common Code Sarah LaBrie Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Science, Science & Medicine In the post-digital age, need the relationship between technology and the humanities be a strained one?