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NeuWrite

Baby Blues: Setbacks in Developing the Male Contraceptive

Amused, I clicked the hashtag #menaresofragile and learned that a clinical trial for TU NET-EN, an injectable male contraceptive, had been cancelled due to “intolerable side effects.” As I looked around the Internet that day, I saw that the hashtag reflected widespread outrage among women: we have...
April 24, 2017
Anna Lipkin
Graduate Division
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Failure to Communicate, Part 2: Primary school

April 3, 2017
Ben Mansky
The scientific community and the general public aren’t known for agreeing on all the issues, to put it gently. For...
Science
neuwrite

Failure to Communicate Part 1: Words Can Never Hurt Me

February 3, 2017
Ben Mansky
The chair squeaked quietly as I fidgeted, swiveling left, right, left. I sat toward the back of a long wooden...
Science

Finding the Fountain of Youth

December 12, 2016
Stephanie Holden
For thousands of years, explorers, adventurers, and conquerors have searched for the “fountain of youth,” a magical spring that grants...
Science
3neuwrite

Suffering from Slow Science Publishing

May 23, 2016
Lindsay Osso
Information is instant. I remember the moment when this fact of the digital age was made unequivocally clear to me...
Science
cunniffneuwrite

The Reality of Brain Trauma in Sports

April 14, 2016
Margaret Cunniff
Recently, concern about the long-term effects of head trauma related to contact sports has skyrocketed. At the center of the...
Science
neuwrite

Good Intentions Can't Hide Bad Science

March 15, 2016
Alexandra Clemente Perez
It's bad when a philanthropic organization uses bad science to justify their means, but it's dangerous when bad science misdirects...
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