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Water So Pure it Will Kill You Often seen as synonymous with life, one type of water defies the stereotype. By Joshua Timmons Contaminated water has long been recognized for its association with disease, but there’s water that exists on the other side of the spectrum. It’s ‘ultrapure’ water and drinking enough of it will end […]

The Right to End a Life By Sage Wesenberg, Biochemistry, 2019 Dr. Jack Kevorkian was a doctor famous for performing acts of euthanasia on approximately 130 patients. He spent 25 years in prison for his actions that he called patholysis, or the destruction of suffering. Kevorkian developed machines that enabled his patients to commit suicide and

Massachusetts Superfund Sites: Too Close and Too Toxic for Comfort By Alexa Soares, Psychology, 2018 About 30 miles outside of Boston is the quiet town of Billerica, Massachusetts. On the surface, it seems like the perfect place to raise a family — it is home to many parks, playgrounds, and even a lake with a public beach. However,

Real Life Iron Man: The Feasibility of Exoskeletons In 2014, exoskeletons conjure up the image of heroes in Hollywood blockbusters performing feats of Herculean strength. Iron Man may make this technology seem like a sci-fi pipe dream; however, with self-driving cars and virtual reality just around the corner, it is worth asking, are they feasible?

Rocks and How they Roll- Or in this Case, How they Slide By Matthew Tyler, Marine Biology & Environmental Science, 2017 The ‘sailing stones,’ a phenomenon exclusive to Death Valley, has defied definitive explanation since the 1940s. These stones are a number of rocks on a dry lake bed that occasionally move, carving long trails into

Adventures in Sleep-Listening By Adanya Lustig, Linguistics 2018 New insights into consciousness pioneered by Dr. Sid Kouider and colleagues at École Normale Supérieure, a research institution in Paris, have shown just how much we can do while asleep. In the first experiment, participants sat in a chair and listened as words were read to them.

Using Math to Track the Pacific Garbage Patch By Ankit Dangi, CS Graduate Student, 2015 Take a flight from Boston to Tokyo and you’d witness great scoops of clouds, floating by like islands of ice cream; travel by the sea, and you would cherish your luxurious cruise. However, if you were to travel by submarine, you

Stand Up for Better Health By Kayla Gomes, Physical Therapy, 2017 There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that to live long, healthy lives we should turn off Netflix and get up more. Luckily, two studies have postulated that getting up more may literally be just that: standing. Scientists measure longevity and the aging process by measuring

Meeting Healthcare in South Africa: Grey’s Anatomy Edition By Julie Hugunin, Biology, 2017 A dramatic television show about surgeons is just that; a dramatic television show that’s main goal is to keep its viewers hooked. It is not a documentary or an accurate representation of what the job entails. While completely aware of these facts, a