In the blockbuster hit “Jurassic Park,” fan-favorite Jeff Goldblum stars as the eccentric Ian Malcolm. As a critic of the magnificent park, Malcolm often claims that nature is best in its most primal form, untouched, as even small artificial changes can have dire consequences. This notion is known as the butterfly effect, a small piece […]
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This article continues a series on anti-racism in STEM co-authored by Northeastern alum Claire Williams. A fully collaborative effort, see the list of authors, contributors, as well as the series in its entirety at the following website: https://antiracisminstem.wordpress.com/ See other installments in this series: [ 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 ] 6. “Diversity initiatives are unfair to non-minority students/faculty; it’s reverse discrimination.”
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This article continues a series on anti-racism in STEM co-authored by Northeastern alum Claire Williams. A fully collaborative effort, see the list of authors, contributors, as well as the series in its entirety at the following website: https://antiracisminstem.wordpress.com/ See other installments in this series: [ 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 ] 4. “I only hire/award/cite based on merit; I
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This article continues a series on anti-racism in STEM co-authored by Northeastern alum Claire Williams. A fully collaborative effort, see the list of authors, contributors, as well as the series in its entirety at the following website: https://antiracisminstem.wordpress.com/ See other installments in this series: [ 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6]
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“I came all the way across the sea to learn something I can’t learn in the States,” Victor Eng tells me. “This is the place to create new products. We’re creating the standard right now. No restaurant in the world is doing this.” Eng is studying the formulation of new flavors at Noma, in Copenhagen,
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This article begins a series on anti-racism in STEM co-authored by Northeastern alum Claire Williams. A fully collaborative effort, see the list of authors, contributors, as well as the series in its entirety at the following website: https://antiracisminstem.wordpress.com/ NU Sci foreword from Editor-in-Chief Binh Dang: 2020 has been a year of reckoning for the United
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A drastic difference, in terms of upper-level public health responses to COVID-19, is quite apparent when comparing the East to the West. Even when it comes to personal choices and social distancing practices, a similar degree of contrast is observable. Surgical masks are commonplace in public spaces in many East and South Asian countries, while
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In search of the ever scarce commodity of human connection during quarantine, I interviewed some e-board and editors in my own imitation of Humans of New York. I also wanted to synthesize a piece that might provide solace in isolating times, one regaling human stories. I cherish those conversations — discussing fears, aspirations, favorite memories,
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