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Constructions of Identity
I came into college with my hands completely empty; no baggage from who I was perceived to be in high school, no personal agenda to make the “right” friends, no urgency to establish my M.O. I was an architect with absolutely no complete blueprints to show—pieces, yes. Sketches, post-it notes, but nothing finished. And I…
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A Warning to David, After Going to the Dentist
BY WALLIS LINKER As of this July, seventeen states have decriminalized non-medical marijuana in some way or another. It appears that as time passes, President Nixon’s 1971 declaration of a hard “war on drugs” is slowly failing. In September 1989, the perception of drug abuse as America’s number one problem was polled at 64%; this…
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A Sputnik for the 21st Century
BY NELSON GOMES On March 18th, the Chinese government announced its intentions to accelerate production of the world’s first commercially viable liquid fluoride reactor. The project, spearheaded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was originally allocated a budget of $350 million and scheduled for completion by 2039, but it has since seen its funding grow…
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The Dismal Science
BY NAHUEL FEFER In 1931, John Maynard Keynes observed that, “If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.” If anything, however, the public’s regard for economics has fallen since the days of Keynes, and economists have no one to blame but…
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Rescuing Education From Religion
BY DANNY STEINBERG What’s red, white, and blue and below almost twenty other colored pieces of fabric? The American flag at an education convention. As much as we like to tout ourselves as being the greatest nation on earth, the rest of the world is more than happy to provide ample opportunities to show just…
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Biohacking: The Future is Under Our Skin
Until recently, biological manipulation was restricted to the domain of scientists in lab coats with big grants and professional facilities. But the lab coats have fallen from their lofty perch. As biotechnologies become cheaper and more accessible, “do it yourself (DIY) biologists” and “biohackers” across the world have begun to explore the world of biology…
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The Inconvenient Science
BY FANGHUI ZHAO Stephen Colbert once told George W. Bush: “reality has well-known liberal bias.” Indeed, for the past few decades, emerging facts from the natural and social sciences have revealed a reality that seems to be overwhelmingly in support of the political agendas of American liberals. The present alliance of science and America’s political…
