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Scientists Push Back Against Retracted Nature Communications Study on Women PIs
  • 2 days ago
  • 5 min

Scientists Push Back Against Retracted Nature Communications Study on Women PIs

“None of this is surprising; it is consistent with a wide body of research documenting pernicious systematic and structural gender biases.”
“My Body is a Mystery to Me”: Vulvodynia in the Pandemic
  • Dec 8, 2020
  • 8 min

“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.
Growing Seeds in Concrete: The Case for Tiny States
  • Oct 24, 2020
  • 9 min

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.
The Other Day, I Talked to My Parents on the Phone.
  • Aug 5, 2020
  • 4 min

The Other Day, I Talked to My Parents on the Phone.

It is not that we avoid connecting to one other on a deeper level. Rather, we are incapable of it.
Pensavo di aver trovato casa in Finlandia, ma il mio cuore disse no
  • Jul 3, 2020
  • 8 min

Pensavo di aver trovato casa in Finlandia, ma il mio cuore disse no

“Quando è stata l’ultima volta che hai visto un finlandese in televisione per aver fatto qualcosa di grande?”. La mia risposta fu “Mai”.
I Thought Finland Was Home, but My Heart Said No
  • Jul 3, 2020
  • 7 min

I Thought Finland Was Home, but My Heart Said No

“When was the last time you saw a Finn on the television for doing something big?”. My answer was “never”.
Remembering DDay
  • Jun 3, 2020
  • 5 min

Remembering DDay

My love for physics had grown to the point that I knew I wanted to pursue a Ph.D., but I never had the chance to tell DDay.
Deshaciendo la narrativa típica de un estudiante Ivy League
  • May 30, 2020
  • 7 min

Deshaciendo la narrativa típica de un estudiante Ivy League

No puede ser, esto está mal. Era dirigido a otra Nicole. Ya mismo me llega otro email diciendo que fue un error.
Home is Wherever I Am
  • May 28, 2020
  • 12 min

Home is Wherever I Am

It became clear to me that home was not something permanent, no matter how desperately I wanted that to be true.
Embrace the ‘ands’
  • May 18, 2020
  • 4 min

Embrace the ‘ands’

How would I be able to juggle these different identities—graduate student, writer, and Puerto Rican— without one infringing upon the other?
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