Telehealth and Remote Medicine: Has Healthcare Become Artificial?
The COVID-19 pandemic permanently distorted the relationship between doctor and patient. Primary care providers grew accustomed to…
Methane Digesters Create a Better Path to Animal Sustainability
Every year the total domestic population of animals produces 14.5% of greenhouse gas emissions globally…
What Research Says About Tear Gas, and What it Doesn’t
On January 31, 2026, thousands gathered to protest along the perimeter of Portland, Oregon’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building…
How Climate Change Alters Insect Behaviour and Increases Human Disease Risk: In conversation with Professor Courtney Murdock
Climate change has the capacity to influence vector-borne diseases in an unknown multitude of ways, changing not only where vectors can survive, but also…
You Shouldn’t Have Been Awake
Surgery preparation seemed to flow according to plan. During the day of your scheduled surgery or procedure, you are finally taken to the operating room…
Eating the Inedible: Ideonella sakaiensis
A streak of sweat runs down the sides of your neck. Has it ever been this hot? You may think you’re the only one pondering…
Music Heals More than the Soul
Music – it is powerful, inspiring, transcendent. It can fill us with joy or bring us to tears. It can make us excited for the future or reminiscent of the past…
Sustainable Space Exploration: Recycling Beyond Earth
As children, the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle” is accentuated, often appearing in classrooms, posters, and public campaigns. Yet it has become more of a cliché, often ignored…
Don't Delete Instagram Yet: The Myth of the Dopamine Detox
Ah, the endless scroll through reels, a habit far too many of us indulge in. A term I've been hearing tossed around more than ever…
Words or Numbers
A key duty of researchers, beyond lab work and data analysis, is to make their findings accessible to the public in understandable ways…
Disease vs. Disease: Rabies Battling Depression
Psychological disorders like depression are often viewed as mental battles— the mind fighting to overcome its self-sabotage…
The Rise of Athlete Injury Risk: Impacts from Synthetic Turf Playing Surface
Imagine the first beautiful sunny day emerging out of the darkness of winter and into the sunlight of a fresh spring…
When the Lights Go Out: Energy Poverty and Its Hidden Health Consequences
When you walk into a room and flip the light switch, you probably don’t give it a second thought. The lights snap on…
Do Prelims Have You Overwhelmed? Physical Activity Can Turn Your Frown Upside Down!
We all know the feeling: you are a few weeks into the semester, and suddenly the mad rush of exams, assignments, and busy work characteristic of the Cornellian experience begins…
It's a Woman's World: The Unsung Truth of Women's Pain and Healthcare
Everybody experiences pain. Yet consistently, women’s pain is devalued and undermined. From early adolescence, women are taught two worldviews as they grow up…
Why Museums Feel Intimidating
Imagine walking into a museum gallery filled with beautiful paintings, ancient artifacts, and carefully carved sculptures. The room is dead silent as visitors admire the art…
What Bees Reveal About Intelligence
In the past, it was believed there was a single neuron that led all decision making in the brain. In the modern-day neuroscientific and cognitive scientific fields, however…
Subterranean Sustainability: The Sunken Courtyard Houses of China
If you scroll for a bit on Google Earth and come across the edge of the Henan province of Northern China, you’ll notice a rather peculiar sight…
The Cost of Overactive Immunity
Why was Covid 19 so deadly? Why was it that people often passed away even weeks after the infection had cleared? To answer this, we must analyze one of the body´s most important protective mechanisms: immunity…
Why Does Biological Resilience Decline After Childhood?
The human body is remarkably adaptable for most of one’s early life. Children generally recover quicker from infections and injuries than adults and…