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From the Editors

Oct 11
6 min

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.

Oct 1
12 min

Hong Kong's Premier Science Communicator Is Not Doing an Autopsy of Her City

Those were simpler times though, and now people trust her to the point that they want more from her than just science.

Sep 11
6 min

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.

Jul 15
2 min

Call Me a Cat Person (Really!)

By the way, most cats don’t have last names, but our Sesame does, and it’s Cat, just like me!

Jul 3
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”.

Jun 28
10 min

What It Means to Be a Black, Indigenous, Latino

There is nothing more fragile in this world than a fragile White man—and that is, tragically, most of them.

May 28
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.

May 18
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?

May 14
32 min

Love in a Pandemic—the Scientist and the Serviceman

In a million years, I could have never guessed that a career military man would be a match for me.

May 10
5 min

Chickens Are Keeping Me Sane

I put one dozen eggs in my cart and again wondered if I was staring down the barrel of a desolate eggless future. I needed a solution.

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THE XYLOM

Science Communication Is My Springboard

Hong Kong's Premier Science Communicator Is Not Doing an Autopsy of Her City

How My ADHD Diagnosis Made Me a Better Scientist

Call Me a Cat Person (Really!)

I Thought Finland Was Home, but My Heart Said No

What It Means to Be a Black, Indigenous, Latino

Home is Wherever I Am

Embrace the ‘ands’

Love in a Pandemic—the Scientist and the Serviceman

Chickens Are Keeping Me Sane

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