During the last few years, there has been a lot of noise surrounding both modern medicine and artificial intelligence (AI). Across social media platforms, you will see users sharing misguided opinions on both of these topics, which has driven a great deal of fear and misunderstanding across our greater society.
By Nichelle Wong Background What’s your first reaction to a compliment? Do you smile modestly and brush it off? Do you accept it with a gracious “thank you” and let it brighten your afternoon? Praise may seem innocuous, but women and female-presenting individuals must deal with an invisible obstacle [1].
‘Mini-brains’, or lab-grown clumps of neurons, are a groundbreaking new technology that scientists are using to learn more about how our brain works. “What makes the human brain unique?” Dr. Madeline Lancaster, a neurobiologist at the University of Cambridge, has focused her entire career on answering this one question [2].
One of many fascinating and bizarre phenomena to emerge out of TikTok has been videos of “talking” dogs – dogs apparently communicating with their owners using a set of push buttons labeled with words. We know dogs are capable of making simple associations between a button and a particular action
Graphic art by Margaret Cartee Highly diverse: 20% women. Lampooning this graduate program advertisement lightened the hilarious tragedy of our thermodynamics course – a 17% female proportion. Out of a fairly diverse introductory calculus physics class, I persisted as the only female physics major over the last four years. Let
Key Words Hypoxia – insufficient levels of blood oxygen required to maintain normal body function Ischemia – insufficient blood flow required to maintain normal body function Encephalopathy – a disease affecting brain function or structure Asphyxiation – oxygen deprivation Birth can be an anxious period of time, but is a
The latest AI technology arriving at the top of conversations among students is ChatGPT — the powerful language model that has gained prominent attention in education. But, what exactly is ChatGPT? What are the disadvantages and advantages in the context of a classroom? The AI tool is a well-improved chatbot
These days, it’s no secret that there are health disparities based on race. However, most studies focus on Black versus White health disparities. When Asian populations are included in research, they tend to be generalized into the Asian American/Pacific Islander category, overshadowing the diversity within this group. As it turns
We all know we have to eat our greens to be healthy, but have you ever considered that plants could one day do more than just fuel your body? They could save your life from one of the biggest killers worldwide—cancer [1]. For context, cancer occurs when cells divide uncontrollably
Introduction “I love you because I love you. I love you because you’re you. I love you because you are you, and I’m me.” – Sydney [1] A romantic confession? A line from a cliche high school film? Neither. Sydney, in this context, is not the determined proclaimer of true
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