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Inside the Helmet
Inside the Helmet
The Hidden Psychology of Football
Rishi Sukumar
What Fans Never See
Every Sunday, Monday and Thursday of every single week from September to February, millions...
Blinded By the Bytes
Blinded by the Bytes
Can AI Out-Swift the Superstars of Music?
Introduction
The Science Behind (Artificial) Hit Songs
Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Bad Bunny,...
A Skillet, Some Eggs, and a Story of Migration
I didn’t know what shakshuka was until my partner moved to Boston and convinced me to try a bite during brunch one weekend when...
Psychology’s Replication Crisis
One of the cornerstones of modern science is the criterion of replicability. Replicability is the idea that if a phenomenon is real, it should...
Nicotine is Dope: a poem on vaping and addiction
What nice etiquette
Not to be burning a cigarette.
With flavors like Diet Coke
Instead of plain old smoke.
Youth claim to thrive
On something that resembles a flash...
Should We Be Worried About Zombie Pathogens?
In the summer of 2016, Arctic regions such as Siberia and Greenland were hit with an unusual heat wave. As plants grew and water...
Concussions can affect youth
From a young age, many children take up sports like football, boxing, and soccer. Playing such sports can potentially have a huge negative effect...
Health Shot: Vaccines
I'm sure we can all remember that dreaded moment at the doctor's office when they say "Time for some shots!". Much crying later (maybe...
Hidden Figures Beyond: Alexa Canady, the First African-American Neurosurgeon
This article will be the first of a series of articles I hope to continue called Hidden Figures Beyond. The goal of this series...
Understanding the Use of CRISPR in Humans
CRISPR, an anacronym that stands for “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats,” is a concept becoming quite ubiquitous in most biology classes and rapidly...