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What I Learned (And Did Not Learn) From Genetic Ancestry Tests
Cydney Wong
  • Nov 8, 2021
  • 6 min

What I Learned (And Did Not Learn) From Genetic Ancestry Tests

Nothing could give me a satisfying, one-word answer to the “what are you” question.
443 Days Later, This Postdoc Gets To See Her Daughter and Go Back to Her Lab
The Xylom
  • Oct 1, 2021
  • 7 min

443 Days Later, This Postdoc Gets To See Her Daughter and Go Back to Her Lab

She ate breakfast as her husband prepared dinner on the other end of the line, on the other end of the day, on the other end of the world.
My Little Sister Has No Idea She Saved My Life
The Xylom
  • Jun 8, 2021
  • 5 min

My Little Sister Has No Idea She Saved My Life

The bonds that took shape in our youth solidify and create roots from which we are able to grow, but return to draw life from.
An Amateur’s Guide To Growing a Human: A Non-Scientific Analysis
Olivia Castellini
  • May 26, 2021
  • 6 min

An Amateur’s Guide To Growing a Human: A Non-Scientific Analysis

Hormones, hormones, hormones. It is the ranch dressing of explanations. It goes with everything yet explains nothing.
前幾天,我和父母通電話。
Thienthanh Trinh
  • Apr 10, 2021
  • 3 min

前幾天,我和父母通電話。

我們並不是刻意地避免彼此促膝談心,只是我們能力上做不到。
Why You Should Add “Talk About Death” To Your 2021 Resolutions
Camille Mireles
  • Jan 31, 2021
  • 6 min

Why You Should Add “Talk About Death” To Your 2021 Resolutions

"I would like everyone to have a good death but we can’t achieve that unless we as a society stop whispering and start talking about it."
I'm Sick of Whipped Cream
Crystal Gwizdala
  • Nov 22, 2020
  • 9 min

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.
The Three Versions of Me During COVID-19
Andrea Prinzi
  • Oct 11, 2020
  • 6 min

The Three Versions of Me During COVID-19

One small caveat exists: I am a microbiologist who deals with infectious material for a living.
And There Was No Village
Laura Burgos
  • Sep 21, 2020
  • 10 min

And There Was No Village

In the weeks before, the village I was promised that came with bearing and raising a child was destroyed.
The Ties That Bind and Suffocate
Vanessa Vieites
  • Aug 19, 2020
  • 7 min

The Ties That Bind and Suffocate

In general, it's difficult to argue about emotionally laden topics, especially with people you love.
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