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A Powerful Weapon for Battling Breast Cancer

December 11, 2015
Hanna Starobinets
Cancer begins from a single mutation in a single cell. By the time it is a full-blown tumor, it carries...
Science

The Hottest (and Coldest) Trends This Thanksgiving

November 24, 2015
Hanna Starobinets
Although it can be cooked in a separate pot, stuffing is traditionally cooked right inside the turkey, absorbing the bird’s...
Science
Meat

The Science of Dietary Risks

November 9, 2015
Hanna Starobinets
Red wine. Coffee. Dark chocolate. Epidemiologists, doctors, and nutrition scientists are constantly analyzing the good and bad consequences of different...
Science
seal

Biologically-Inspired Engineering

October 23, 2015
Hanna Starobinets
The past few years have seen an increase in robotics inspired by the natural world. These robots are designed to...
Science
Image of an elephant and baby elephant walking.

This month in DNA repair: the elephant and the prize

October 15, 2015
Hanna Starobinets
Increases in body size and lifespan should theoretically make an animal more prone to DNA replication errors that can produce...
Science
nasa_wateronmars

Up and Down: Mars and DNA

October 2, 2015
Hanna Starobinets
Water on Mars! And this time, it’s liquid! Salty water flows on Mars slopes – during “warm seasons” of above...
Science

What Scientists Did This Summer

September 25, 2015
Hanna Starobinets
The breast, or mammary gland, is a unique organ: it’s the only one that develops predominantly after birth – during...
Science
Bear

Biomedical Science is Awesome

May 28, 2015
Hanna Starobinets
As I sit at my lab bench, bent over an ice bucket cluttered with FACS tubes, trying to make some...
Science
modern spacecraft landing on mars

Book Review: The Martian by Andy Weir

May 28, 2015
Hanna Starobinets
You can be sure that it’s going to be a fun ride when you pick up a book with an...
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