Residents of a Rural Arkansas County Grapple With Endemic Gun Violence
Phillips County, home to about 15,000 people spread across 690 square miles. had the country’s highest per capita rate of gun homicides.
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Elizabeth Lin
- Oct 8
- 4 min
The Dark Side of Involuntary Hospitalization
“People are convinced that mental illness makes people destructive. Which, long story short, is not true. But this is very entrenched.”
Manasvi Verma
- Sep 27
- 8 min
Un viaggio attraverso il mio microbioma: la prospettiva di una immigrata su un intestino che cambia
Mentre mi spostavo in giro per il mondo, il mio microbioma cambiava in modi che non potevo controllare.
Manasvi Verma
- Aug 25
- 7 min
A Journey Through My Microbiome: An Immigrant’s Perspective on a Changing Gut
As I moved across the globe, my microbiome changed in ways that I could not control.
Sneha Khedkar
- Jun 15
- 7 min
Pain, No Gain: Healthcare Gender Gaps Still Remain, Especially in India
S. still dreadfully recalls the time when she would end up finishing an entire packet of painkillers every month just to get through her...
Bárbara Pinho
- Jun 6
- 6 min
Toxic Nuclear Waste is Piling up in the U.S. Where’s the Deposit?
Decades on end and after spending billions, the U.S. still has no strategy to permanently deposit its highly radioactive nuclear waste.
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Ellie Rose Mattoon
- Apr 24
- 10 min
Perspective: “On the [Dreaded] Term ‘Woman in STEM”
I had heard female science stories, and they didn’t have the kind of inspirational flair I was looking for.
Alex Edwards
- Mar 29
- 10 min
Perspective: A Walk through Weelaunee Forest
The trees, the birds, the fungi, and the dirt—none of them care if the Mayor of Atlanta denies they exist.
Samuel Ajala
- Mar 9
- 9 min
Widowed and Homeless, Internally Displaced Nigerian Women Recount Devastating Flood Experiences
“I was thinking when he makes it, he would take care of me and my daughters. But no, he is gone painfully.”
Briley Lewis
- Feb 3
- 6 min
Perspective: Lessons Learned from an Astronomy Graduate Student on Strike
I've found the people in the community who are true allies and will speak up for the values they believe in, putting words into action.
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