A daily walk could be made less tedious if with each step, a user was generating energy to unlock new planets and worlds. Imagine powering a spaceship that could travel light-years with a new mission every day just by walking in your own city. Suddenly, the exercise seems like something to look forward to. This […]
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In recent years, the production of weight loss drugs has exploded across the United States. Though these drugs have promising potential in combating the obesity epidemic in the United States, I worry these drugs will widen healthcare inequities for the very patients who need access to weight management care the most. In clinical studies, injection-based
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Everyone knows the story, even if they haven’t read it or seen it for themselves. They’ve probably heard some of the iconic quotes, ranging from “Where the hell have you been, loca?!” to “You better hold on tight, spider monkey.” But in case you haven’t figured it out, I’m talking about the “Twilight” series —
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Following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee penned a letter calling Israel “entirely responsible” for the attack. It was followed by swift and intense backlash. The student signers were “doxxed,” and Jewish alumni demanded a list of the students in order to avoid inadvertently hiring one of them.
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Whether in classic literature such as “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” or in modern television series with “American Horror Story,” the impression the average American has of “asylums” is a decidedly negative one. The years they are best remembered for are filled with inhumane treatment of the mentally ill and barbaric practices such as
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Picture this: You have gotten sick from COVID-19 before. So much so, your family is worried you will be hospitalized the next time you catch the virus. After consulting your doctor, you find out about a new drug recently approved by the FDA that can mitigate the severe effects of a COVID infection, allowing you
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Science is indisputable, empirical, objective. Or at least, it’s supposed to be. The practice of science is methodical; designed to produce universally accurate knowledge. Ironically, there is a long and nuanced history of the cross-cultural approaches to science and knowledge. Science is, in other words, uniquely plagued in epistemology. Science does not have to be
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James E. Hansen’s congressional testimony in 1988 officially introduced American policymakers to the need for a climate intervention. In the same year, George H.W. Bush declared greenhouse gasses as the enemy, in response to Hansen, when he promised to fight the greenhouse gas effect with “the White House effect” on the campaign trail. However, a
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The electron exists in a state of superposition: They inhabit multiple states simultaneously. For example, an electron can be in one quantum state as well as a different one. This doesn’t mean that it is in both states at once but that it is in a superposition of both states. It is both and none