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Perspectives


A Perfectly Cooked Egg Is Artistry, Not an Algorithm
How smart products undermine the simple joy of cooking It didn’t happen overnight, but it was fast. Just 50 years after the birth of the...

Jeff Kennigseder
Dec 18, 20206 min read


“My Body is a Mystery to Me”: Vulvodynia in the Pandemic
The pain increases the anxiety, and the anxiety increases the pain in a vicious cycle.

Theodora Mautz
Dec 8, 20208 min read


I'm Sick of Whipped Cream
I would tear up, lower myself to the ground, and hug myself — desperately grasping to root myself back in reality.

Crystal Gwizdala
Nov 22, 20209 min read


We are MENASA in STEM. We Belong.
In more extreme cases, education has kept many South Asian women from being married off.

Shirin Gul Zaidi and Neha J. Babbar
Nov 8, 20205 min read


Growing Seeds in Concrete: The Case for Tiny States
The institutional rigidity of America, and frankly, much of the world, is the concrete. New ideas and paradigms are the greenery.

Victor Odouard
Oct 24, 20209 min read


The Great Retreat
I had just opened an envelope containing the 2016 renewal notice for our flood insurance. The premium was over $4,000.

George Leposky
Oct 20, 20206 min read


Science Communication Is My Springboard
I was faced with a difficult decision; continue taking chemistry courses and compromise my athletic season or switch my major.

Elizabeth Cui
Oct 11, 20206 min read


The Three Versions of Me During COVID-19
One small caveat exists: I am a microbiologist who deals with infectious material for a living.

Andrea Prinzi
Oct 10, 20206 min read


And There Was No Village
In the weeks before, the village I was promised that came with bearing and raising a child was destroyed.

Laura Burgos
Sep 20, 202010 min read


How My ADHD Diagnosis Made Me a Better Scientist
We all sneeze from time to time, but if you sneeze 30 times a day, you know you’re sick.
Shakira Quiñones-Lebrón
Sep 11, 20206 min read
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