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To Kiss or Not to Kiss? Links between EBV and MS
To Kiss or Not to Kiss? Links between EBV and MS By Miriam Goodwin With Covid restrictions becoming looser, some will find themselves in new situations. Do you kiss the stranger across the room, do you share your boba on the first date, do you even share a water bottle with your roommate? Mono, or…
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To Leap, or Not to Leap: How Animals Are Revolutionizing the Design of Robots
To Leap, or Not to Leap: How Animals Are Revolutionizing the Design of Robots By Riya Bhatia Balancing on the edge of a tree branch, a squirrel is presented with two options: to leap or to not leap. Although small and nimble, these animals are faced with the challenges of navigating complex environments and avoiding…
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Can Machines Learn Chemistry?
Can Machines Learn Chemistry? By Bryan Kim Cover Image: Stocker, S., Csányi, G., Reuter, K., & Margraf, J. T. (2020). Machine learning in Chemical Reaction Space. Nature Communications, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19267-x. Although frequently employed as a tech buzzword, machine learning (ML) simply refers to using data to predict statistical trends that can extrapolate to new data.…
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How Scientists are Using Statistical Physics to Predict the Stock Market
How Scientists are Using Statistical Physics to Predict the Stock Market By Ali Fazal Those that invest in the stock market may know it to be a relatively volatile endeavor. Investors must keep up with the latest trends, exercise personal judgment, and create their own criteria for trading based on their predictions of price movement.…
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“Neuroforecasting”: Using Brain Data to Predict Stock Market Fluctuations
“Neuroforecasting”: Using Brain Data to Predict Stock Market Fluctuations By Anjali Sadarangani The brain’s duality of incorporating higher order thinking and emotional processing in decision-making is central to coordinated large-scale activities. For example, take the stock market, a space that relies on human decision-making in a competitive and dynamic environment. With stock market prices hitting new lows…
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Mapping Stars and Cells: How Astronomy has Advanced Cancer Detection
Mapping Stars and Cells: How Astronomy has Advanced Cancer Detection By MJ SmithCancer victimizes 13% of biological women at some point in their lives, often inflicting significant emotional hardships and healthcare discrimination. For decades, medicinal technology such as breast cancer detection has been paramount for observational technology brought by other disciplines, especially aerospace and astrophysics,…
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Enhancing The Therapeutic Power of Music
Enhancing The Therapeutic Power of Music By Tiffany LiangVerbal psychotherapy is what we often think of when we hear “therapy.” However, therapists can run into challenges when using verbal psychotherapy with patients who suffer from major depression—the disorder has been linked to difficulty in verbal expression. So, how else can a patient connect with their…
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Hot or Cold? Why climate change affects disasters in different ways.
Hot or Cold? Why climate change affects disasters in different ways. By Chris Zhan Image: A Californian wildfire, taken on August 17, 2013, provided by the US Department of Agriculture. You are standing on a giant precipice. On the left is a windfall into wildfires and heatwaves, and on the right is a sheer drop…
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Lethal Mutagenesis
Lethal Mutagenesis By Pei ChenAmidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been living under the shadows of viruses. While viruses have small genomes, they can compromise our health, and with it, our sanity and society. The original strain of SARS-CoV-2 was destructive, and its countless variants are even more daunting. In the past two years, we…
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Do You Carry the Trauma of Your Ancestors?
Do you ever wonder how your parents, grandparents, or ancestors endured traumatic events? Your DNA might have the answers. Researchers have debated the possible biological underpinning of intergenerational trauma when answering the complex question, “Does trauma end at the initial victim?”