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A Guide to Tai Chi for Scientists

Matthew Partridge
Science & Medicine
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Scars and the Stories of Our Lives

Michele Battle-Fisher
Medicine, Science & Medicine
As a human, I am protected from evaporating by my integumentary system better known as skin. My body is kept intact by skin, the largest and fastest healing organ. We wash it, peel it, augment it, suture it...

Fantasy and Folklore in Childbirth Narratives

Cara Delay, Nursing Clio
Science & Medicine
Before the age of Facebook and parenting blogs, how did women exchange knowledge and beliefs about reproduction? Without What to Expect When You’re Expecting, how did society and “experts” tell women...

A History of the Morris Water Maze, From Inception to Industry Standard

Cailey Bromer
Science & Medicine
The Morris Water Maze (MWM) is practically synonymous with place cells, the spatially-tuned neurons of the hippocampus believed to be central to spatial navigation. Place cells fire preferentially when animals...

AI Assessment is Anti-Human

Glenn McLaren
Science & Medicine
There is much talk at the moment about the continuing evolution of artificial intelligence technologies and what the implications of this will be for the future of humanity. Those such as Ray Kurzweil can’t...

The Cultural Logic of Calories and Body Types

Margot Finn
Arts & Culture, Science & Medicine
We were promised calorie labels. New York City has required them in chain restaurants since 2008 and California since 2009, but the Affordable Care Act mandated them nationwide. In April 2016, the FDA issued a...

A Short History of the Vaporizer

Kevin Gardner
Science & Medicine
Cannabis is a herb that has been used in the world over for centuries. Humanity shares a love for the herb, be it for its recreational, medicinal or health purposes. In places like Jamaica, it is highly...
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