Over the past year and a half, our hospitals, overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients desperate for oxygen, have been debilitated by staff and resource shortages. While
The fact that the Earth rotates around its axis once every 86,400 seconds seems like a faraway explanation for the passage of time, but what
How do supermassive black holes swallow up matter and help drive the galaxies of our universe? This fundamental question in astrophysics has yet to be
Chang’s journey with the brain started during his time in medical school at UCSF, where with brain mapping techniques he observed surgeries where the patients
Over millennia, the egg has evolved to become one of the most adaptable shapes in nature: strong, small enough for safe delivery, and capable of
These days, it’s hard to escape the reality of climate change in daily life. Carbon dioxide is one of the main greenhouse gas drivers of
Natural gas continues to be one of the most popular energy sources across the world. The largest component of natural gas is methane, a potent
Every society needs a group of superheroes. And as a society of proteins, organic molecules, and nucleic acids, cells are no different. To defend against
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, researchers have puzzled over several mysterious viral outcomes. Infections are severe in some people yet mild or even asymptomatic
Researchers Sarah Slavoff and Zhenkun Na of Yale’s Department of Chemistry are standing up for the little guy. More than a hundred years in the
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. In scientific experimentation, some information is more attainable than others, by nature of the method of retrieval. For instance, clinicians
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Image courtesy of Polzin et al. Galaxies, like humans, can be quenched—not in the way that humans drink water, but in the way that galaxies
Image courtesy of Melissa Askew on Unsplash. New Haven’s first red leaves have spun to the ground and the promise of autumn nears. Though it
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Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Take a look around the room you’re in and see if you can find any items made of wood; there
A study conducted by the Yale School of Management analyzed the impacts of using Dollar General stores as COVID-19 vaccine distributors. Originally, the U.S. focused
For Eric Y. Wang (YC ’21), photography has always been about seeing things you would normally miss in daily life. And throughout his four-year research
Image Courtesy of House of Lords. Lying in my bed on a Saturday morning, I hesitantly opened my laptop to begin watching David Attenborough’s latest
Image courtesy of Jeff Bergman on Flickr. Animals—they are the lovable beings that are generally seen as allies to humans, bringing joy and perspective to
If you consider yourself a pretty awesome human being and your brain remarkably special, wouldn’t you want your brain preserved and found 310 million years
Image courtesy of Hippopx. Wildfires. Heatwaves. Strong precipitation and floods. Extreme weather has been exceedingly common this decade, destroying natural ecosystems and claiming hundreds of
We all know how the story goes. A mysterious spaceship is detected in the atmosphere. Humans try to communicate with the aliens on it. Aliens