A short story on how a PhD student found the value of science communication.
Continue ReadingI recently performed a chemical reaction where I made two carbon atoms from different compounds join to form a new chemical bond. Why is that significant? I explain through the lens of something many of us can understand—love and relationships.
Continue ReadingDrugs aren’t the only thing that help us recover when we’re hospitalized – as it turns out, the architectural designs of hospitals can significantly influence patient outcomes as well.
Continue ReadingThe large timer on the wall reads 01:45 as I briefly glance up from a board full of lights and buttons. This light board is presumably the last puzzle that,…
Continue ReadingIntermittent fasting is gaining popularity as a diet and wellness trend. Are there any real benefits to it?
Continue ReadingSalt is used to season virtually everything – from the simple scrambled eggs made five minutes before your first Zoom meeting, to an entire pot roast that took the whole…
Continue ReadingA poem on the prolific and iconic natural historian, Sir David Attenborough.
Continue ReadingA recent article published by an international chemistry journal faced huge backlash for its stance on workplace diversity and the grad student/PI relationship. Here, I unpack some of the issues, including racism in chemistry, that this article brought to light.
Continue ReadingA guide to understanding what it really means when you hear that a developing drug is “in the pipeline”.
Continue ReadingAmericans reached the moon 50 years ago – what do the next 50 years look like for space exploration and travel?
Continue ReadingEvery living thing on earth is made from a genetic sequence that contains four different nitrogenous bases – adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C) and thymine (T). You can think…
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