I Quit Grad School and It’s Ok
Should I continue to do what I’ve been told I’m good at, even if it’s not something that makes me happy?
Have HIV? Your Health Insurance Company May Discriminate Against You
Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law in March 2010, more than 15 million Americans who didn’t have health insurance before the law have signed on. Expanded coverage, however, does not...
Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Developing an Understanding of Mass Mortality Events
Mass mortality events are on the rise. Can we explain why?
The Final Word? The Emergence of the Post-Publication Peer Review Process
Who, if anyone, has the final word in science? Wudan Yan sits down with Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus of Retraction Watch to find out.
An “Imminent Cure” for Diabetes? The Real Story Behind the Headlines
You may have read the recent media stories that a cure for Type I Diabetes is “imminent” and wondered what the buzz was about—is a cure indeed imminent and, if so, what does this mean for modern medicine? Hippo Reads’s Science Correspondent Wudan Yan spoke with Felicia Pagliuca, a postdoc in Melton’s lab, about the work that went into this landmark Harvard study, the importance of collaboration, and where diabetes research will go from here.
