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
As patients, doctors have earned our trust and attention. We choose them based on experience, recommendation, or prestige, but ultimately, we put our care in their hands. Despite this trust, we expect to maintain free will when deciding to continue or decline treatment. For those with exacerbated neurodegenerative diseases and various mental disorders, would you
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The earliest example of physical writing is widely considered to be Cuneiform, a system of wedge-shaped inscriptions dating back to 3000 BCE. Attributed to the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia, the informal system was utilized namely for communication and maintaining transactional records. Although this physical remnant of Sumer offers invaluable insight into ancient civilization, most anthropologists
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Those of us locked into the political world like to say there are “no days off” when it comes to working on and thinking about elections. But for those who are not at the mercy of the 24-hour news cycle, let me set the stage for you: We are mere months away from the start
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