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Last year, my research into the mechanisms of breast cancer development hit a roadblock. As a postdoctoral candidate at the University of Miami, I needed to conduct immunology experiments outside my expertise, but had difficulty finding potential collaborators or providers to work with...
The recent presidential candidate debates, fights over insurance coverage for contraceptives, and the Virginia and Texas legislatures’ imposition of intrusive, unnecessary ultrasounds prior to any abortions are highlighting the fundamental issue of the role of religion in health care and the separation of Church and State...
Recently an old colleague, Dr Andrew Rogoyski, came to lecture to our MSc students on how government deals with cyber security. Dr Rogoyski has studied the interactions between government and industry and his talk led to a key question for which there was a surprising range of views...
Research projects evolve in a fortuitous manner, often guided by a convergence of novel observations, intuition, helpful colleagues and unique personal circumstances.
U.S. Cesarean Section RatesPregnancy, labor, and delivery have become increasingly medicalized in recent decades, leading to criticism from multiple factions...
Proposed Wildlife Resources Commission rule could harm listed red wolvesASHEVILLE, N.C. — Since 1993 it's been legal to shoot coyotes during daylight hours throughout North Carolina any day of the year, but a new rule proposed by the state's Wildlife Resources Commission seeks to expand statewide coyote hunting opportunities to include the dark cover of night...
"I don’t eat school lunch anyway . . . It looks weird."This is from a high school student, quoted in the New York Times over the weekend, in response to a seemingly "beefless" future in school cafeterias...
When George Zimmerman saw Trayvon Martin walking down the street in Sanford, Florida, he quickly assumed that the Black, hoodie-clad teenager was carrying a weapon.He then pulled out his gun and fatally shot the young student, whose hands were gripping nothing more than a bag of Skittles.The fact that George Zimmerman assumed so quickly that Trayvon Martin was armed smacks of the worst kind of prejudice and racism...
Reeking of infection, the elephant stumbled into the Tanzanian camp where Thomas Appleby works as a safari manager. Its back legs festered with gangrene radiating from the open, pungent wounds that the animal had evidently endured for at least two long weeks...
On Tuesday, March 19 th , Alan Jacobs posted a technology article for The Atlantic titled “Jobs of the Future: A Skeptic's Response.” In the article, he voices his doubts that a skillset promoted by the internet and social networking would usher in a new wave of future employment: ‘Where are these jobs that will require such rapid "searching, browsing, assessing quality, and synthesizing the vast quantities of information"?...
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