Fruit Flies
The large windows in the kitchen of my new home let in the perfect amount of sun for…
Covid-19
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Dunning-Kruger Effect: Audacity Born Out of Ignorance
“The fool’s heart is on the tip of their tongue; the wise’s tongue is in the extreme bastion…
The Second Ticket to Life
If there’s one thing I learned as a medical trainee who deals daily with death, it’s that humans…
A True Public Health Story
“Nearly 1 in three public health employees say they are considering leaving their organization within the next…
The 91-Year-Old Man Who Is My Father
The 91-year-old man who is my father is slowly going insane. His conversation is rambling, his ideas are…
The New Normal
It was December 31st, 2019 when Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, China, reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia seen in Wuhan,…
Homo Covidicus
It was YOU – 2006 Person of the Year according to Time magazine. You – meaning user who…
Me or We?
A pandemic (from Greek, pan, “all” and demos, “people”) is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has…
In Search of a Vaccine for COVID-19
It has been over half a year since Covid-19 swept across the world and forced many countries into…
Science Square (Issue 137)
Cell-based therapy may be used to treat obesity and diabetes Wang CH et al. CRISPR-engineered human brown-like adipocytes…
Science Square (Issue 136)
Viruses Can Steal Our Genetic Code to Form New Genes Ho JSY et al. Hybrid Gene Origination Creates Human-Virus…
Religious Communities and Response to COVID-19: The Case of the Hizmet Movement
This is not the first time that the world is witnessing a pandemic; previous incidents were regional in…
Is Coronavirus (Covid-19) Made by Humans? (Science Square)
Andersen KG et al. The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2. Nature Medicine, March 2020. Cases of Covid-19 first emerged…